'No blood' when Mdluli love rival left police station

02 June 2015 - 18:32 By Nomahlubi Jordaan

The girlfriend of the man whose death former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli is allegedly responsible for‚ on Tuesday conceded that her boyfriend had not been assaulted when she last saw him. Lerato Seballo‚ the first state witness to testify against Mdluli and his co-accused Mthembeni Mthunzi‚ told the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg during cross-examination that she saw no injuries on Oupa Ramogibe after he had been held at the Vosloorus police station.Mdluli and Mthunzi‚ a former policeman‚ face a host of charges including intimidation‚ assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm‚ kidnapping and defeating the ends of justice. Mdluli faces 12 charges‚ while Mthunzi is facing seven.The charges relate to the 1999 kidnapping and murder of Ramogibe‚ who was married to Mdluli’s ex-lover Tshidi Buthelezi.Both Mdluli and Mthunzi have pleaded not guilty to all the charges.On Monday‚ Seballo testified that Mdluli came to the Vosloorus house she shared with Ramogibe on numerous occasions looking for the man and threatening to kill him if he did not stop seeing Buthelezi.She testified that she last saw Ramogibe when Mdluli and another police officer came to fetch her from her home and took her to the police station‚ where Mdluli fetched Ramogibe from a room. She said Ramogibe was wearing a white T-shirt and navy pants.Mdluli’s counsel‚ Advocate Ike Motloung‚ asked Seballo if Ramogibe had been injured.“If there was blood‚ you would have seen it‚ right‚” Motloung asked.“There was no blood‚” Seballo said.“I’m sure if he was assaulted‚ you would have told us‚” added Motloung.Seballo also agreed with Motloung that she would have noticed if Ramogibe had been assaulted because they travelled together in one car when they left the police station. -RDM News Wire..

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