Heads of argument in a trial-within-a-trial to determine the admissibility of an alleged confession by one of the people accused of murdering two elderly women in a retirement village have been submitted to the Gqeberha high court.
One of the five people accused of the brutal murder of two elderly residents at a Sunridge retirement village has lied to the law before and used an alias in a separate case prior to him allegedly confessing to the double murder.
A statement given to the police by one of five people accused of murdering two elderly women in their retirement village has been accepted as evidence despite the defence fighting tooth and nail for it to be chucked out.
Closing arguments in the trial-within-a-trial to determine the admissibility of an alleged confession from one of the suspects accused of murdering two elderly women at a Sunridge Park retirement was put on hold on Friday when it emerged the judge was not available.
He was so evasive in his responses under cross-examination, that double murder accused Mkuseli Damaneti had to be warned by a judge to answer the questions put to him.