NOT GUILTY South Africa - Anni Dewani, 28, shot to death, Gugulethu, 13 Nov 2010 #5

[JudgeJudi]

Leigh-Anne Jansen @LA_JANSEN · 2m 2 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial Page 82: Monde Mbolombo's role. VZ: Monde Mbolombo was in control of what happened that night.

#DewaniTrial Traverso: What's still not clear to me is why did Tongo immediately go to Mbolombo? Why? Because he's a man from the township?


Leigh-Anne Jansen retweeted

Aislinn Laing @Simmoa · 5m 5 minutes ago
Seriously @Vodacom111, we are in the middle of Cape Town in the high court. What on EARTH is wrong with your signal? Pls sort it out!

(Problems again)

 

[zwiebel]

RAHIMA ESSOP ‏@rahimaessop 1 min1 minute ago

#DewaniTrial VZ: Mbolombo was in control of what happened that night. RE

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Leigh-Anne Jansen @LA_JANSEN · 2m 2 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial Page 82: Monde Mbolombo's role. VZ: Monde Mbolombo was in control of what happened that night.

#DewaniTrial Traverso: What's still not clear to me is why did Tongo immediately go to Mbolombo? Why? Because he's a man from the township?


Leigh-Anne Jansen retweeted

Aislinn Laing @Simmoa · 5m 5 minutes ago
Seriously @Vodacom111, we are in the middle of Cape Town in the high court. What on EARTH is wrong with your signal? Pls sort it out!

(Problems again)

How frustrating for her, I hope they get her tweet and sort it out.

 

[zwiebel]

News24 ‏@News24 31 secs31 seconds ago

#DewaniTrial VZ: Complete stranger arriving in SA, asking reputable shuttle driver to find someone for him to carry out murder? Improbable.

 

[newone]

wonder how SD is holding up.....bet he's wondering about whether to unpack just a few things ?? or worried that his stuff is getting wrinkled?

 

[JudgeJudi]

While Leigh-Anne's having problems with her signal ... I just want to say how refreshing it is to have a judge who's following the trial, gets involved and asks intelligent questions instead of "What page was that?", "What time is it" etc etc. I might not like her decision but she inspires confidence, and we're not relying her past history to form an opinion.

 

[zwiebel]

Ruth Maclean ‏@ruthmaclean 1 min1 minute ago

"Tongo's evidence is inherently not worth the paper it's written on.. we don't even have to go to Qwabe and Mbolombo" - Van Zyl #DewaniTrial

 

[JudgeJudi]

Leigh-Anne Jansen @LA_JANSEN · 4m 4 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial VZ: The probabilities are stacked against that argument.(Tongo a neatly dressed guide,who Shrien happens to approach for a hit)

#DewaniTrial VZ: there's something more in this case than what this court has heard

#DewaniTrialVZ: We don't even have to go to Qwabe and Mbolombo. The contradictions are clear

#DewaniTrial Even if the accused is a poor witness, the court cannot use that as credible evidence

 

[JudgeJudi]

Leigh-Anne Jansen @LA_JANSEN · 31s 32 seconds ago

#DewaniTrial VZ: They didn't drive into the bushy area, instead into the residential area. It does not make sense. Something's amiss here

 

[zwiebel]

Uh? Defence has just stated Dewani's a poor witness - before he's even testified!

 

[PrimeSuspect]

News24 ‏@News24 31 secs31 seconds ago

#DewaniTrial VZ: Complete stranger arriving in SA, asking reputable shuttle driver to find someone for him to carry out murder? Improbable.

Not imo. 3 things,

Dewani personally knew about family friend, Dr Pox's hijacking murder 3 years prior in Cape Town which is still unsolved.

Wikipedia has a full page about the Taxi Rank hit man for hire in Cape Town, anyone can look it up.

Dewani picks up guys off the street (no different than a guy picking up female prostitutes), he's used to risky behaviour and that shouldn't be ignored. Not that guys who do are murderers, it's just that they're not shy to ask for what they want from a stranger off the street, not everyone can do that. JMO

 

[PrimeSuspect]

wonder how SD is holding up.....bet he's wondering about whether to unpack just a few things ?? or worried that his stuff is getting wrinkled?

He's probably chewing that gum faster now, he won't be happy. :dunno:

 

[zwiebel]

Aislinn Laing ‏@Simmoa 3 mins3 minutes ago

Van Zyl moves to Qwabe: Even the state has conceded he "was not the best witness" #DewaniTrial

 

[PrimeSuspect]

While Leigh-Anne's having problems with her signal ... I just want to say how refreshing it is to have a judge who's following the trial, gets involved and asks intelligent questions instead of "What page was that?", "What time is it" etc etc. I might not like her decision but she inspires confidence, and we're not relying her past history to form an opinion.

Yes, it is totally refreshing after the OP trial. This lady is clearly awake and involved.

 

[zwiebel]

Leila Samodien ‏@Leila_Luck 3 mins3 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial Speaking of Tongo's credibility & contradictions, Van Zyl says they don't even have to go to Qwabe & Mbolombo's evidence.

 

[zwiebel]

Ruth Maclean ‏@ruthmaclean 3 mins3 minutes ago

The problem with hitman Qwabe's evidence, Van Zyl says, is his account of Mbolombo's role, and of how Anni #Dewani was shot. #DewaniTrial

 

[JudgeJudi]

Leigh-Anne Jansen @LA_JANSEN · 25s 26 seconds ago

#DewaniTrial Page 93: Qwabe

Leigh-Anne Jansen @LA_JANSEN

(The above was posted 6 minutes ago ... nothing since)

 

[zwiebel]

vanessa poonah ‏@vanessapoonah01 1 min1 minute ago

#DewaniTrial VZ:... Qwabe under cross examination reiterated that MM had nothing to do with the events... MM only a link. #sabcnews

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Uh? Defence has just stated Dewani's a poor witness - before he's even testified!

Cause he'll have to lie, lie and lie some more. VZ's ok doing it because it's not his story, he's just repeating what he's heard, even though he must question some things privately.

 

[zwiebel]

vanessa poonah ‏@vanessapoonah01 2 mins2 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial VZ: its clear that MM played a huge role. No question that Qwabe was fully aware of the role that MM played. #sabcnews