The fourth state witness in the trial regarding the theft of more than half a million US dollars from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in Bela-bela will return to the stand in the Modimolle Regional Court in Limpopo on Monday.

The witness was provisionally withdrawn after he disputed the contents of a statement taken from him by police. The court then ruled that a trial within a trial be conducted to determine whether the witness made the statement or not.

He was also declared a hostile witness.

Imanuela David and his co-accused, siblings Florianah and Ndilinasho Joseph, are facing several charges for the February 2020 burglary at President Ramaphosa’s farm.

The witness, who is a colleague to accused number 1, Immanuela David at a private security company, confirmed that the signature in the statement is his, but disputed the contents of the statement.

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The 3rd state witness in the Phala Phala case claims to have been intimidated into giving false evidence to police. pic.twitter.com/8oNAiiogzA

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He said the statement was presented to him by police and he was ordered to sign it.

About 7 of the 22 state witness lined up have testified.

One of the state witnesses has testified that David purchased numerous vehicles to the value of more than R4 million using US dollars.

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