The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is set to resume in the Pretoria High Court on Monday. Defence lawyer, Charles Mnisi is expected to continue with cross-examination of the state witness, Sergeant Moses Mabasa.

The police officer was called back to the stand to come and testify on the photographs downloaded from accused number 3, Mthobisi Mncube’s memory card.

The state argues that in one of the images taken on the 2nd of September 2014, a month before Meyiwa was killed, Mncube had a gold tooth and dreadlocks, a description given by a witness of a person seen fleeing the crime scene in Vosloorus that night.

However, on Friday, Advocate Mnisi told the court that Mncube was in prison on that date.

“Accused 3 says this photo was taken in 2012 at a house he was staying in, in Vosloorus. As a Data Analyst, this photo was taken on the 2nd of September 2014, at 16 hours, 32 seconds,” says Mnisi.

Mabasa says this is in accordance with data he received.

“Now accused 3, Mr Mncube says in January 2013, he got arrested and he was released on the 17th of September 2014. That simply means that when you say this photo was taken on the 2nd of September 2014, that is incorrect because at that time, he was in custody,” adds Mnisi.