The State’s ballistic expert in the Senzo Meyiwa trial will on Monday morning present his findings on the firearm used to murder the football star, and how it was linked to the crime scene.
Lieutenant Colonel Chris Mangena spent last week under cross-examination, a year since he first gave testimony.
He has drawn links between the bullet found at the scene of Meyiwa’s murder in October 2014 and a gun found at the home of one of the accused, Mthobisi Mncube.
Five men are standing trial for the Bafana Bafana captain’s murder at the home of his girlfriend, singer Kelly Khumalo.
Advocate Charles Mnisi has been leading the cross-examination of Mangena, saying the ballistic analysis involving the firearm found at his client’s home was a borderline case, and that there was no clear link between his client’s gun and the bullet found at Khumalo’s home.
But Mangena insisted there were enough marks made by the gun on the bullet, and that’s why a direct link could be drawn.
He said if it was a borderline case, all four of his other colleagues would not agree with his findings.
Mangena has been asked to present a chart demonstrating the similarities between the exhibit bullet found at the scene where Meyiwa was shot, and the test bullets he released from the gun.
-EWN
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