Overview
- Adrian Rudolph de Wet testified that Zachariah Olivier armed him, told him to lie in wait, and opened fire on a group arriving to collect discarded dairy products.
- De Wet said one victim lay motionless after the shooting and that he and Olivier later threw her into a pigsty with about 10 pigs, then added a second body found with gunshot wounds in the back.
- Olivier has denied murder, claiming he only fired warning shots, but admitted in an affidavit that he moved the bodies into a pigsty and later cut up and disposed of two rifles.
- Prosecutors argue the killings were premeditated and carried out with a common purpose, a finding that would trigger life imprisonment if the court returns guilty verdicts.
- Co-accused William Musora maintains a not‑guilty plea and says he acted under duress, while a victim’s son recounted police confirming his mother’s body was inside the farm pigsty.