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AKA-Tibz trial: accused identified in footage in Durban

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At the trial over the murders of South African artists Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, an investigator identified Lindokuhle Ndimande in CCTV footage near the restaurant. The defence and prosecution are examining the footage in a Durban court as the state’s 46th witness testifies, reports SABC News.

A prosecution witness identified Lindokuhle Ndimande, the fifth accused in the trial over the murders of South African artists Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, in CCTV footage shown at the Durban High Court. Police officer Rajan Sanders, the 46th witness to testify, said Ndimande had a clear view of Forbes’s table in the Wish restaurant, according to SABC News.

Sanders also said that Ndimande appeared in the footage getting out of a car linked to a co-accused near the restaurant. His testimony described several vehicles monitored by investigators, including a luxury model parked outside the establishment with tinted windows. Forbes and Motsoane were shot dead on the pavement outside the restaurant in February 2023, SABC News reported.

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