A witnesses to Senzo Meyiwa's death in 2014 spent the night at the footballer's home in Mulbarton after the fatal shooting, the Pretoria high court heard on Wednesday.
Meyiwa shared a house with his girlfriend Kelly Khumalo, whose mother owned the house in Vosloorus where he was shot. Two alleged robbers entered, demanding cellphones and money. Meyiwa died after a scuffle with one of them, according to Meyiwa's friend Tumelo Madlala.
Madlala told the court they had returned to the Vosloorus house from the hospital, where fatally wounded Meyiwa had died, and found police looking for clues. The house was cordoned off with crime scene tape.Asked what he noticed inside the house, Madlala said his crutches and a hat were on the floor in the kitchen. The black and white hat was scorched. He thought it belonged to the short, dreadlocked intruder who had entered first.
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