It's not my phone - Wiggill murder accused

15 March 2016 - 16:40 By Roxanne Henderson

The man accused of murdering Jeff Wiggill‚ chairman of the bankrupt engineering conglomerate First Tech‚ denies ever using a cell phone number the prosecution claims belonged to him. The man accused of murdering Jeff Wiggill‚ chairman of the bankrupt engineering conglomerate First Tech‚ denies ever using a cell phone number the prosecution claims belonged to him.The Johannesburg High Court‚ sitting at the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court‚ heard on Tuesday that the cell number in question was registered and used by Thulani Cele in 2013.Cele‚ 40‚ is accused of Wiggill's murder and the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. He has pleaded not guilty.MTN Law Enforcement Agencies manager Krishan Pillay said that the cell number‚ which contacted Wiggill on the day he died‚ belonged to Cele according to a Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act (Rica) database.Pillay said the SIM card and number was used by Cele‚ in two devices‚ from January to June 2013.Wiggill‚ 54‚ was found dead with three gunshot wounds to the head‚ next to his black Bentley near an open field in Protea Glen‚ Soweto‚ in June 2013.The prosecution alleges that Wiggill paid Cele R100 000 to kill him.According to Pillay‚ Cele last used the number on June 20‚ 2013 – a day after Wiggill's death.A previous witness‚ South African Police Service technological investigator major Francois Möller‚ gave evidence which placed Cele at the crime scene on the day of the murder.Defence attorney Boitumelo Lesomo said that Cele would deny that the number belonged to him and asked Pillay if he could produce the documents proving that Cele's details had in fact been registered to that SIM card and number by a Rica agent.Pillay will return for further cross-examination on another day after he was excused to retrieve the details of the registering Rica agent. The trial continues.-TMG Digital/TMG Courts and Law..

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