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National Commissioner of Police, Bheki Cele. Sapa
Zulu calls in expert
Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:00
Prince Sifiso Zulu's legal team on Wednesday brought forensic
expert Dr David Klatzow from Cape Town to help in his hit-and-run
case.
Klatzow, who has been involved in a number of high-profile forensic investigations, was with Zulu's legal team in the Durban
Regional Court on Wednesday.
Klatzow listened attentively to State witness Petros Prinsloo of
Vodacom, who explained how the cellphone company's towers capture
the location of every cellphone call.
The State alleges police commissioner Bheki Cele, then
KwaZulu-Natal community safety MEC, called his friend, businessman
Zulu on the night Zulu's car was involved in a hit-and-run
accident. His BMW X5 crashed into a Mitsubishi double-cab bakkie on
March 29, 2008. Two members of the Soul's Harbour Ministries Church
were killed and 10 others injured.
The State alleges Zulu was driving the car and that it jumped a
red traffic light. Zulu maintains he was not behind the wheel when
the accident occurred.
After listening to Prinsloo's evidence, Zulu's lawyer, Robert
Liversage asked the court to postpone the case, saying they needed
time to examine the data presented by Prinsloo.
Liversage said the postponement would also help Zulu's legal
team get information from Vodacom.
"We subpoenaed Vodacom to give us the... call records, but they
have not come back to us. We believe that this matter should be
postponed so that we will be able to get the records we need."
The start of Zulu's trial was delayed by more than an hour
because an interpreter was not available. The case was scheduled to
start at 9am, but got underway at 10.40am.
Magistrate Thomas Nhleko postponed the case to December 1.