Murder trial of ex-Nigerian Olympic athlete Ambrose Monye and Afrikaner guard Andre Gouws for plotting a drive-by 'hit' on young teacher Chanelle Henning: two Afrikaner men are already convicted after confessing their role in the murder of the young teacher.
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-- 2013-07-04 Pretoria High Court - The testimony of one of the men accused of plotting the murder of Chanelle Henning came under fire in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Thursday."Your version is laughable. It is getting laughable," prosecutor Gerrie Nel told former Nigerian Olympic athlete Ambrose Monye. Throughout Thursday's proceedings, Nel pointed out inconsistencies in Monye's testimony on his involvement in Henning's murder and the days leading up to it.
The young teacher died in a drive-by shooting in Faerie Glen on 8 November, 2011 shortly after dropping off her child at a crèche. Her family described it as an 'execution-style hit'. The two accused, Andre Gouws and Monye, have pleaded not guilty to five charges relating to an alleged conspiracy to murder Henning.
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The State alleges Monye and Gouws conspired with former policeman Gerhardus "Doepie" du Plessis and Willem "Pike" Pieterse (alias Tattoo). Du Plessis and Pieterse are serving 18-year prison terms after confessing to their roles in the murder.
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Nel wanted to know if Monye was afraid of Du Plessis or Pieterse. "No way, My Lord," he replied.
Nel wanted to know if Monye was afraid of Du Plessis or Pieterse. "No way, My Lord," he replied.
Monye said he introduced the three men at a carwash in Pretoria on 2 November, 2011 and knew nothing more about their business. Under cross-examination, Monye said Gouws arrived at the carwash on a motorcycle, and that Du Plessis and Pieterse followed him on their motorbikes.
Nel asked how it was possible that Monye did not even ask where they were going or, when he spoke to Gouws later that day, what had happened. "They just left me," Monye said, adding again that he had not known what they were involved in.
Nel also asked why Gouws would need bouncers or security if his club burnt down in August 2011. He also questioned why, between 1 October, 2011 and 7 November, Monye made 81 calls to Gouws.
Monye said the two of them often did business, so the phone calls were not unusual. Nel asked if Monye stood to gain anything by introducing Pieterse and Du Plessis to Gouws. "Nothing, My Lord," Monye said.
Monye denied discussing the surveillance of a woman with Gouws. "Definitely, he never requested that from me."
Throughout his testimony, Monye maintained that he was telling the truth."My Lord, I stand nothing to gain from keeping myself in [prison]," he told the court.
- SAPA http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Prosecutor-Monyes-testimony-laughable-20130704
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Pretoria - The father of murdered Chanelle Henning cried bitterly as he took the stand on Monday in the Pretoria High Court and was made to look at pictures handed to court of the body of his daughter lying next to her car after she was gunned down in Faerie Glen.
Ivan Saincic became even more emotional when prosecutor Gerrie Nel showed him a picture of Chanelle during the autopsy on her body. Asked whether this was his daughter, he quietly said he identified her as such.His wife Sharon also wept as she sat in the public gallery, listening to her husband.Saincic said Chanelle was still married to her husband Nico Henning at the time of the incident, but the marriage was “very volatile and shaky”. They were embroiled in divorce proceedings and she was due to launch a custody application against him regarding a child (the identity of the child may not be revealed in terms of a court order which was given earlier).Sainsic said he paid the deposit for the legal fees to Chanelle’s lawyer on the Thursday, five days before her death.His wife phoned him on the day of the killing to tell him Chanelle had been shot. She got this message from someone who phoned her from Chanelle’s phone. They rushed from their Hartbeespoort home to Faerie Glen.“We were only told that she had been shot. We did not know at that stage whether she was alive or not. When we reached Fountains my wife received a call that she had passed away.”Sainsic became so emotional during his evidence, that Acting Judge Johan Kruger asked him whether the court should adjourn for a while, but he chose to proceed.Looking at the picture of his dead daughter next to her car, he said that was how they had found her. “We walked up to her body (after the police photographer had concluded taking pictures) and we saw her injuries… We saw that she had been shot.”The police photographer testified that after she was shot, her car veered along for about 200m before it crashed into a dustbin. He found her lying next to her car when he got to the scene.Cellphone expert Francois Moller, who was cross-examined on Monday, confirmed that there was still an “ongoing investigation” by the police into the cellphone and financial records of Nico Henning.Moller, who last year gave a detailed account of transactions relating to the bank accounts of accused Andre Gouws and Ambrose Monye, on Monday concluded his evidence by conceding that he could not find any deposits during the relevant time between Gouws and Henning. But Moller said this did not exclude possible cash payments to the various parties involved.Nigerian citizen Adisa Olalekan testified he worked for Monye as a security guard. According to him his “boss” (Monye) on November 11, 2011, gave him R31 500 in cash to deposit at the bank, which he did. The money was in R100-note bundles. This was three days after Chanelle’s killing.Monye’s claimed this was money he had lent to Olalekan to bury his father. Pretoria News https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=595542833802995&set=a.297169970306951.79665.296024703754811&type=1&theater![]()
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