WE WERE GOOD FRIENDS - ‘S’CHAZA’ MURDER SUSPECT

MBABANE – “I never killed S’chaza as we were goods friends.”

These were some of the submissions made by Lucky ‘Obama’ Matsenjwa, who stands charged with the murder of police officer Mduduzi ‘S’chaza’ Matsebula.
Matsenjwa made these submissions in his application for bail filed by his lawyer Noncedo Ndlangamandla yesterday.
“I humbly submit that I did not kill the deceased and I was at Ngwane Park, Ka-Shali on the day in question,” submitted the accused.

Matsenjwa alleged that he only went to his business premises at Fontana Bar at Ludwala and thereafter proceeded to his homestead.
The accused pointed out that he had been advised that the investigators were alleging that there was a witness who recorded a statement to the effect that he (Matsenjwa) requested him to call S’chaza so that he could meet up with him.
He vehemently denied this and went on to describe the statement by the witness as fabrication.

“I never requested anyone to call the deceased on my behalf, more so because the deceased and myself were in good terms and would occasionally communicate with each other and therefore had no reason not to call him myself if I wanted to see him,” contended Matsenjwa.
He argued that the allegation that his motive for murdering Matsebula was to silence him since he was a witness in case where he is charged with the clearance of fingerprints records was surprising to him. Matsenjwa highlighted that he was facing 18 counts and there were about 82 witnesses to be paraded by the Crown.

“It baffles me, therefore, why I would choose to eliminate the deceased when he was to testify in three of the counts that I am facing,” argued the accused.
He stated that among the Crown witnesses, there were also police officers and members of the public, who according to their evidence, they gave him sums of money to erase fingerprints for their friends and relatives from the system.
“What then would I have gained from killing the deceased because he would have only assisted in possibly three counts out of the 18 dropped charges and then I would still have to face the remaining 15 charges,” wondered Matsenjwa.
Matsenjwa further denied to have stolen Matsebula’s cellphone and his shoes. He contended that when his homestead was searched, neither of these items were found there.

“My humble opinion is that since the deceased left his house apparently wearing shoes and carrying a cellphone, then he was allegedly found with those items. I have no reason whatsoever to steal from anyone,” submitted Matsenjwa.
The accused also disputed the charge of failing to surrender his passport to the police as per one of his bail conditions when he was released on bail on the fingerprints case.
He instead alleged that immediately after he was admitted to bail in the case, he surrendered his passport to the investigating officer and if his memory served him well, he surrendered it to officers from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

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