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ANA reports that the legal representative for a police captain accused of racially abusing black police officials and using the k-word told the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday that a witness was not present when the commissioner of oaths signed her statement.
Advocate Dannie Nel for Captain James Henrico was questioning former police reservist, Sarah Mkhwanazi – who was stationed at Pretoria Central Police Station for 10 years – as she took the stand. She told the court that Henrico called her by the k-word. During cross examination, Nel asked Mkhwanazi whether she had been present when her statement was signed by the commissioner of oaths, and Mkhwanazi affirmed that she had been present. Nel then put it to Mkhwanazi that she was lying because the commissioner would testify that he did not sign her statement but gave it to another colleague to sign. Mkhwanazi said that could not be true because she was the one who took the statement to the commissioner of oaths to sign. The trial is expected to run over two days. Henrico apparently intends to call six witnesses to the stand, while the state will call three or four witnesses. The matter continues on Thursday.
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