The investigating officer in the case against a Roodepoort man charged with the murder of 14-year-old Likhona Fosa says he has no evidence linking the accused to the murder besides a statement from a witness.
Testifying at the Roodepoort magistrate’s court on Wednesday, Sgt Moses Semosa said a witness informed him she saw Mduduzi Mnisi and Likhona entering a house in Durban Deep in the afternoon of May 31.
However, Semosa – who is from the occult unit of the SAPS – admitted to the court that besides the statement from the witness, he had no other evidence linking Mnisi to the murder. “At this stage, I don’t have anything linking him to the offence except being seen with the deceased,” said Semosa, who was testifying during Mnisi’s bail application.
He told the court the witness, Nelisiwe Mtshali, said after she saw the two enter the house, a few minutes later she saw Mnisi leaving the house alone and then returning with two kotas (bunny chows).
“She said she didn’t know what happened inside the house until they received a WhatsApp messages about a dead body in the field the next day,” said Semosa.
He said the body was discovered by a woman who was trying to get wood from the veld. “According to [our] interview, the witness [Mtshali] knows the applicant [Mnisi] very well. She told me the name of the applicant,” said Semosa.