Defence lawyer says State’s case is ‘weak’ in Reiger Park murder case
The defence in the Reiger Park murder case played CCTV footage in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court that it said showed accused Reagan Cheslin Collis was at home when two police officers and two women were shot dead.
Samkele Kuzani, the defence lawyer for Reagan Cheslin Collis, Jamal Meyer, and Elvino Levert Crafford, argued that the State's case in the Reiger Park murder case was "weak". The men are accused of killing two Gauteng Anti-Gang Unit officers and two women in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni. Kuzani presented three video clips in court, which he claimed supported Collis' claim that he was at home with friends when the shooting occurred.
The State did not object to the video clips being played. Kuzani pointed out that there were no eyewitnesses who saw Collis pull the trigger and that the State's only witness was Collis himself, whom they allegedly tortured into confessing. Collis maintained that he was at home with friends when the shooting took place, as evidenced by CCTV footage, and that he went outside to assist injured individuals carrying two women.
He denied possessing a firearm and claimed that police tortured him for over three hours, forcing him to confess and implicate Meyer. Meyer and Crafford both denied involvement in the killings. The shooting resulted in the deaths of Anti-Gang Unit officers Constables Thapelo Tlomatsana and Sphiwe Sibeko, as well as civilians Roleen Lessing and Jaydin Margerman.
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