Overview
- Three men were escorted from the Pretoria High Court gallery and taken for questioning and profiling, with police later releasing them.
- SAPS says credible intelligence indicated a group attended proceedings to scout opportunities to eliminate members of the judiciary, prosecutors, and investigators, and officers seized electronic devices for analysis.
- No arrests have been announced as investigations continue and additional individuals are being traced.
- Defence advocate Charles Mnisi sought to withdraw after being identified as a person of interest, but the judge refused the request and the matter was deferred for his medical consultation, with proceedings expected to resume Thursday.
- The court still must decide whether a 2019 statement attributed to defence witness Sifiso ‘Gwabini’ Zungu is admissible, as Zungu denies making it and alleges police assault and coercion.