AS IT HAPPENED: No other witnesses present, says defence in Coligny case

#Coligny The matter has been postponed to Friday @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny magistrate says he might not be available tomorrow. Wants to confirm postponement date @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Modisane says he believed what the accused told him and he noticed they were shocked @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Modisane says the protest last week was in connection with the boy and not service delivery @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Modisane says water has been a problem in Coligny for years @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence asks Modisane if he is aware of any service delivery problems in Coligny, he says yes @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Modisane says the child was still alive when police arrived on scene @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Modisane says he called the accused to let them know the child had passed away but they refused to come to the station @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Magistrate says Coligny is not a big town, asks if Modisane knows the accused, he says yes @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Modisane says the accused only informed him to call an ambulance @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Modisane says he called the accused to let them know the child had passed away but they refused to come to the station @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Modisane says he rushed to the police station and called for help and the boy died in hospital @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Modisane says the accused never told him how many people they caught stealing sunflowers @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Modisane says he went to the scene and found the child bleeding from the face and ears "In a pool of blood" @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Modisane says the accused told him they won't be able to go back to scene.he tool their numbers and addresses @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Moremi says the two men told him a young man jumped from a vehicle, "I requested them to go to the scene" @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Police officer Jeremiah Moremi Modisane taking the stand, says he saw the accused at the charge office @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny State is now cross examining Kgorane @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence says there were 15 protesters who were arrested but were released on warning @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence asks if the boy was identified by his father, Kgorane says he hasn't met the young boy's father yet @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Kgorane says he spoke to protesters on April 24 and they told him the protest was as a result of the case @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence asks Kgorane if he was aware that protests also escalated to other towns and no child died, he says correct @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence asks if Kgorane maintains that the protests were as a result of the boy's death, he says correct @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Kgorane says the accused provided the state with correct addresses. @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Kgorane says they didn't take clothes from the accused as evidence since there was no mention of them @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Kgorane tells court that the vehicle that was used on the day of the incident has been taken to the lab @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Kgorane says an ID parade is crucial in this case, and that it will take a month or 2 to finish off investigations @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Kgorane says it does and they plan on adding more charges @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence says the fact that accused took witness against his own will, does that not constitute kidnapping? @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence tells Kgorane that he is not convinced that his witness is truthful @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence says it cannot be disputed that the suspects wanted to save the boy's life, as they went to the police @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence says there is no forensic evidence, no finding of postmoterm @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Kgorane says according to the eye witness he was made to sit with the young boy at the back of the bakkie @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence asks if the eye witness told Kgorane how the young boy was thrown out of the moving vehicle @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence asks if the eye witness told Kgorane how the young boy was thrown out of the moving vehicle @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence asks if the eye witness was hiding during the incident, Kgorane says he was walking @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence asks if the eye witness mentioned that the suspects dragged the young boy through sunflower farm @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Case resumes. Kgorane is reminded that he is still under oath @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Magistrate has requested to meet with counsel in chambers - court adjourns @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny magistrate asks Kgorane says as things stand can the 2 be linked to the child in question @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Magistrate says witness had not done an ID parade to say the two men were responsible @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Mag Foso asks if the witness would be able to identify the boy, he says yes but witness hasn't seen child after incident @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence says Kgorane should have followed up after receiving statements from the witness @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Magistrate says defence can ask questions about the witness a number of times but Kgorane will only give him one answer @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence asks what Kgorane finds to be consistent with the version of his witness - he says he already answered question @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Kgorane says the witness took him to a dam where the suspects wanted to kill him @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence asks Kgorane if he would like to comment on the suspects' version -Kgorane says a witness will testify in court @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence says the suspects maintain that they were no other witnesses @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Defence says while at police station, an officer only requested the suspects contact details and said he would call them @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017

#Coligny Accused saw 2 ppl - they stopped them and asked them to look after the child so that no other car would drive over him @News24

— Jeanette Chabalala (@J_chabalala) May 3, 2017