Overview

• On his third day on the stand, first accused Muzi Sibiya became emotional as he described being arrested and separated from his family.
• Sibiya testified that officers covered his face with plastic and kicked him when he could not point out the Vosloorus scene of Senzo Meyiwa’s killing.
• He said he was forced to sign a document presented as a confession without being read his rights and showed wrist wounds he attributes to handcuffing and beatings.
• He alleged police took photographs of him after ordering him to undress in a container at Alberton Police Station, naming a person identified to him as Hadebe.
• His version conflicts with earlier testimony from a police colonel who said Sibiya confessed voluntarily with no visible injuries, and the court continues hearing the defence case.