{
  "id": 12888808,
  "title": "AKA murder accused denies being found with the murder weapon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/aka-murder-accused-denies-being-found-with-the-murder-weapon",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T14:48:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/mercury/news/2026-10-08-aka-murder-accused-denies-being-found-with-the-murder-weapon/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Siyanda Eddie Myeza, one of seven men accused of killing rapper Kiernan \"AKA\" Forbes and his friend Tebello \"Tibz\" Motsoane, has denied claims he was found with the murder weapon. According to prosecutors, a SAPS Tactical Response Team member searched Myeza on April 10, 2023, two months after the murders, and found a firearm along his waist. The officer said Myeza was wearing cast from ankle to groin, making it impossible for him to have had the gun in that area. However, Myeza's defense attorney, Advocate Simphiwe Mlotshwa, pointed out that Myeza was limping and using crutches on the day of his arrest, due to an injury he had sustained on the same day as the murders. Myeza is facing murder charges alongside six others in the trial at Durban High Court.",
  "summary": "A police officer testified that a firearm was allegedly found at Siyanda Myeza’s waist during his April 2023 arrest, but the defence argued that a leg-to-groin cast made this impossible.",
  "key_points": [
    "Siyanda Eddie Myeza denies being found with murder weapon.",
    "Gun found on him after 2 months, but he was limping then.",
    "Myeza faces murder charges with six others in Durban trial."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}