Excellent post, Shane. So what does this prove? Perjury? and his whole intruder story affidavit flies out the window! I wonder if his lawyers have told him this so he has now decided to try to flee the country to avoid both a criminal case as well as a civil case. So I guess all his property/assets will be put on the market so he is liquid with money in the bank for lawyers, his lifestyle in another non-extraditon country using those offshore accounts and if he does not flee, when he comes out of prison one day.
Prove?
Maybe doesn't prove anything. I only detailed logical implications.
And RE perjury. I do not know the laws and regs in SA RE perjury. In the USA, I believe they usually allow leeway and don't look to charge a defendant with perjury when s/he concocts a false alibi.
And my post doesn't lead to "he must flee now" either.
While it would not surprise me if he did flee or try to, I do not think it is likely that he will try.
If he (and his family) are deeply connected to the power structure, he does not have to. No jury of his peers will hear the case. A Magistrate there has great leeway. A plea deal could be reached before trial. Or the Judge could give a light sentence that could have OP running again in a year or two.
I was merely indicating what I wrote: that Pros. now has a probable complete timeline of the events of the crime.
I will now give another original deduction of other possible crimes he could be charged with perhaps.
Alteration of a crime scene, and/or obstruction of justice. These relate to the coverup events he did. Also if they think she was already dead: in the USA, I believe there is a separate possible charge for interfering with a corpse.
Again I do not know if they have the same or similar charges. But if the lengthy scenario I have laid out the last 2-3 weeks here is valid, the above indicates, there are other possible crimes they could charge him with, if they want to.
JMOOC
Update: I do not think they will charge OP additionally (the possible crimes I just listed above) for various reasons.
But does anyone know if they made the addn'l charge that they were threatening in the first days?
Cops found ammo in the safe IIRC and said that was unlicensed or not for his gun, and said they would charge him for that. And OP's defense said something like he was holding that for was it Dad or uncle?
Has OP been charged RE the ammo?