“In this case he probably would have survived seconds, minutes, definitely not hours,” pathologist Dr Johannes Steenekamp told the Pretoria high court on Tuesday.
For almost nine years of long, slow court proceedings, soccer star Senzo Meyiwa was thought to have been killed by robbers. But new evidence – and a new judge – puts another slant on things.
The version of the house occupants was that Meyiwa was fatally wounded after a scuffle with one of two men who had entered the house, demanding valuables.
The version of the house occupants was that Meyiwa was fatally wounded after a scuffle with one of two men who had entered the house, demanding valuables.