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Marikana trial: Miners may have been in possession of 60 rounds of ammunition - defence lawyer


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Lawyers concluded cross-examining a police officer in the murder trial of William Mpembe and five other officers. 
They grilled the officer on every single detail about the events that happened in Marikana in 2012. 
The court heard that striking miners may have ended up with ammunition on the tragic day. 
Striking mineworkers may have possibly ended up in possession of 60 rounds of ammunition, which they allegedly stole from an injured police officer on 13 August 2012 at Lonmin K3 shaft in Marikana, defence lawyer Henko Scholtz told the North West High Court.
Scholtz concluded cross-examining the State s witness, Sergeant Benjamin Mahume, by suggesting that he could not deny to the court that his late colleague, Warrant Officer Sello Lepaaku, had an R5 rifle and 60 rounds of ammunition. ....

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Marikana Trial: Defence probes sequence of events as witness continues cross-examination


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A police officer is on his fifth day of cross-examination in the murder trial of former North West deputy police commissioner William Mpembe and five other officers.
The officers are on trial for murder and attempted murder following events on 13 August 2012 in Marikana.
Defence lawyer are comparing the sequence of events he had given in a witness statement, to evidence he gave in court.
The murder trial of former North West deputy police commissioner Major General William Mpembe and his five co-accused continued in the North West High Court in Mahikeng on Monday when defence advocate Kobus Burger continued with his cross-examination of Sergeant Benjamin Mahume. ....

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Marikana trial: Mpembe will not take responsibility because police officers were killed, witness tells court


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Sergeant Benjamin Mahume has rejected any suggestion that evidence he gave in the so-called Marikana trial is not the truth.
The officer concluded his cross-examination by former North West deputy police commissioner William Mpembe s lawyer on Thursday. 
He will now be cross-examined by two other defence lawyers on Friday.
Former North West deputy police commissioner William Mpembe will not take responsibility for the tragic events that occurred at the Lonmin K3 shaft in Marikana on 13 August 2012 because police officers were also killed, a witness told the North West High Court in Mahikeng on Thursday. 
Sergeant Benjamin Mahume said his evidence about Mpembe s role on the day was truthful and was what he had witnessed. ....

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