Attorney Annalene van den Heever, representing Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala, argues that evidence relied on by police to arrest co-accused Musa Kekana is inadmissible during proceedings in the High Court in Johannesburg.
The lawyer for alleged crime boss Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala has told the Johannesburg High Court that evidence presented by Tactical Response Team (TRT) Captain Alfred Phimi Sekgobela during cross-examination about the arrest of accused number one Musa Kekana, is "pure hearsay" and should not be admissible.
The argument was made by Matlala's attorney, Annalene van den Heever on Monday as Sekgobela continued testimony in the trial within a trial.
The proceedings are focused on determining whether evidence obtained following Kekana's arrest on April 17, 2024, is admissible.
Sekgobela has been detailing the sequence of events that led to Kekana's arrest hours after the fatal shooting of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart, who was killed in a case of mistaken identity.
