Jogger murder trial continues

The murder trial of a man who allegedly drove into six joggers, killing five of them, continues in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday.

 

On Wednesday, the court heard a security guard agreeing with accused mechanical engineer Sibusiso Langa that another car almost collided with the joggers in Midrand before he hit them with his SUV.

 

"They crossed over to the left. A blue [Volkswagen] Polo approached me from behind, which vehicle nearly collided with them," Abe Motsha told the High Court in Pretoria.

 

"They moved back to the side of the road where I was walking.

 

Then came a big, silver Mercedes, which hit them and flung them to the side where they came from," he said.

 

Motsha is a security guard at the estate where Langa lived at the time.

 

Langa has denied guilt on charges of murdering Reneilwe Lesenyeho, Gaolojwe Tlale, Moroesi Mokoatsi, Given Mills and Nomvula Dumako, attempting to murder Abegail Stengile and drunk driving.

 

He denied being drunk, driving recklessly and hitting the joggers while he was on the wrong side of the road.

 

-Sapa