{
  "id": 15785280,
  "title": "Forensic fingerprint analyst testifies at AKA-Tibz murder trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/forensic-fingerprint-analyst-testifies-at-aka-tibz-murder-trial",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T16:15:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SABC News",
    "slug": "sabc-news",
    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/forensic-fingerprint-analyst-testifies-at-aka-tibz-murder-trial/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Forensic fingerprint analyst Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Zachariah testified in the Durban High Court murder trial of AKA and Tibz. The trial focuses on the Mayville shooting of taxi boss Gift Khanyile in 2022. Zachariah testified that DNA fingerprint samples recovered from a car at the crime scene matched those of accused number three, Siyanda Eddie Myeza. The case also involves ballistic evidence linking a weapon to the Mayville incident and a separate shooting in Florida in 2023 where Forbes and Motsoane were shot and killed. Zachariah explained that his team collected fingerprints from the car, the Etios, on June 6, 2023. However, Myeza's defense team questioned the collection process, suggesting Myeza's previous work at a car wash may have contaminated the evidence.",
  "summary": "The defence in the AKA murder trial has challenged the State's DNA evidence.",
  "key_points": [],
  "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."
}