Facial ID tests awaited in local actor's murder case

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Publish date 12 July 2019
Issue Number 1790
Diary Legalbrief eLaw
The man accused of killing Matwetwe actor Sibusiso Khwinana still needs to undergo facial recognition tests to match him to the person in CCTV footage which police obtained, notes News24. Julius Lucas briefly appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court yesterday, ...

The man accused of killing Matwetwe actor Sibusiso Khwinana still needs to undergo facial recognition tests to match him to the person in CCTV footage which police obtained, notes News24. Julius Lucas briefly appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court last week, where prosecutor Kagisho Rancho requested a postponement for the completion of the facial recognition process. He also said the post mortem results were still outstanding and they were still tracing other suspects. The docket will be handed back to the police to continue the investigation. Rancho previously told the court that once the investigation has been completed, the case will be transferred to the High Court for trial. Lucas' Legal Aid attorney Riaan du Plessis did not oppose the postponement and told the court that his client may lodge a bail application. Lucas previously abandoned his bail application. The matter has been postponed to 26 August. Khwinana was stabbed in March during a robbery at Sterland Mall in Arcadia, Pretoria, where he attended a screening of Matwetwe, the locally produced movie he starred in.