NPA Decides To Proceed With Second Docket In Senzo Meyiwa TrialIn the Senzo Meyiwa trial, the National Prosecuting Authority has reversed course and is now willing to consider prosecuting the defendants in the controversial second docket.The defendants in the second docket are those who were present in the home at the time Meyiwa was killed.…
NPA Decides To Proceed With Second Docket In Senzo Meyiwa TrialIn the Senzo Meyiwa trial, the National Prosecuting Authority has reversed course and is now willing to consider prosecuting the defendants in the controversial second docket.The defendants in the second docket are those who were present in the home at the time Meyiwa was killed. At the residence of his girlfriend, singer Kelly Khumalo, the Bafana Bafana captain was shot and killed in October 2014.
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YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Gayton MacKenzie Sets Up Vitriolic Attack On Illegal MigrantsIn the second docket, murder charges are brought against Kelly Khumalo, her mother Gladness, sister Zandile, her ex-boyfriend Longwe Twala, and two of Meyiwa’s friends.Maggie Phiri, a Khumalo neighbor, is charged with obstruction of justice for allegedly cleaning up the crime scene after Meyiwa was shot.The NPA stated that it won’t make a decision regarding their prosecution until the current trial comes to an end.
