South Africa - Anni Dewani, 28, shot to death, Gugulethu, 13 Nov 2010 #3

[PrimeSuspect]

J Traverso might as well take over, lol. Great that she participates.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 4m4 minutes ago

Traverso: And this was done some time after your arrest?

Tongo: Correct

Traverso: Did you understand how important this document was?

Tongo: As I said, My Lady, at that time, my condition was weak. As time went on, I remembered.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 1m1 minute ago

Traverso: That wasn't my question.

Tongo: I understand some of them and I don't understand some of them

 

[zwiebel]

Tom Burridge ‏@TomBurridgebbc 2 mins2 minutes ago

Tongo 2 #DewaniTrial - knew Middleman Monde going 2 get share. I can't remember him saying he wants 5000R. Contradicts Tongo plea statement

 

[zwiebel]

Looks like Tongo may not have read his own plea agreement....

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 4m4 minutes ago

VZ: Was there such a discussion between you and Mr. Mbolombo? (R5000 payment)

Tongo: It's possible

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Looks like Tongo may not have read his own plea agreement....

before he signed it?

 

[zwiebel]

RAHIMA ESSOP ‏@rahimaessop 23 secs23 seconds ago

#DewaniTrial Tongo: I would get R5000, the young men R15000,if Monde wanted R5000 then the young men would pay him. RE

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 5m5 minutes ago

VZ: So what was the agreement between you, Mr. Dewani. Mr. Mbolombo & the two hitmen? Who'd get paid what?

Tongo: As I said, I was going to be paid R5000 after the job, the young men would get R15000.

VZ: And Monde?

Tongo: Monde, according to what is written here, maybe I can't remember, he wanted 5000. I said the young men would pay.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 46s46 seconds ago

VZ: Why didn't you tell the police?

Tongo: Maybe it was forgotten, but it's written here, sir

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 31s31 seconds ago

VZ: Let's move on. When you left Monde Mbolombo's hotel. What was your understanding? What was going to happen?

 

[zwiebel]

before he signed it?

That's what he seems to be suggesting. I really want to know what his demeanour's like in court. I'm not really picking up much sense of it from the tweets, except confusion.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 33s33 seconds ago

Tongo: We will continue the conversation then we will talk and see as Monde put me in touch with the young man.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 4m

VZ: So the young man agreed to what?

Tongo: That he would take the job

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 5m5 minutes ago

VZ: And the young man agreed to doing this for R15000?

Tongo: Correct

VZ: Without knowing who had to be killed, how, where?

Tongo: The young man had an idea of who had to be killed. We were just going to continue the conversation

 

[zwiebel]

I just followed EWN's tweeted link to its live blog, to see what was going on there. Now it's frozen my computer I paste tweets from.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

That's what he seems to be suggesting. I really want to know what his demeanour's like in court. I'm not really picking up much sense of it from the tweets, except confusion.

An earlier tweet said the people in the gallery had their eyes closed, whether listening intently or asleep. But yes, it would be good to know how Tongo is appearing physically. His answers seem nonchalant.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 36s36 seconds ago

VZ: Was there a request from the accused to hire killers?

Tongo: Correct.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 5m5 minutes ago

VZ: I thought he wanted a hitman - in the singular.

Tongo: Whether he wanted one man or 100 men. He hired me to get killers

VZ: What trouble did you go to, to get Monde's services?

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 49s49 seconds ago

Tongo: Firstly, the trouble that I made, I phoned Monde with MY phone, I went to Monde with MY petrol.

Tongo: I sacrificed MY life for this to happen. There are many troubles I went through