A lawyer of one of the police officers facing a charge of murdering 16-year-old Nathaniel Julies, has accused a witness on the stand of loading prohibited ammunition into the firearm that was used to kill the teenager.
“She [Whiteboy] is blaming me for something I don't know. She is making me a black Jesus and she is putting all the blame on me,” said Sithole.
All the accused also face a count of defeating the ends of justice, while Netshiongolo is facing a count of perjury. The recording was extracted from Sithole’s phone, which contains the voices of himself, Whiteboy, Ndyalvane and two other officers after the murder of Julies in Eldorado Park, southern Johannesburg.
The state further played the recording in which Whiteboy is heard saying, “...Scorpion prevented us from using the pistols and I came out with the shotgun and I did not know there was live rounds in the gun.”
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