State witness describes brutal attack of Sithole
ALEXANDRA - The trial of the four accused men of killing Emmanuel Sithole resumed at the Johannesburg Magistrate court on Friday, where the state called on its third witness.
The trial of the three men and a minor accused of killing Emmanuel Sithole resumed at the Johannesburg Magistrates’ court on 10 July where the state called on its third witness, Clarence Mahundla.
Mthinto Bhengu, Sizwe Mngomezulu, Sifundo Mzimela and a 17-year-old are on trial for Sithole’s murder before Magistrate Lucas van der Schyff. The four accused face two charges each – one of murder, and of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. The accused all pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Mahundla testified that he was on his way to Pan African Mall and was walking on Roosevelt Street when he witnessed four men assaulting Sithole.
He said he saw accused number one, Bhengu, stabbing the deceased, and accused number four, Mzimela, assaulting Sithole with a spanner.
State Prosecutor Jacob Tloubatla presented photographs which supported the evidence given by Mahundla.
The case continues.
