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- Two of the three police officers accused of killing Nathaniel Julies were “thirsty for blood”, the Protea Magistrates Court has heard.
- Prosecutor Mzwandile Mrwabe said Sergeant Simon Scorpion Ndyalvane and Agent Caylene Whiteboy engaged in a “wild, wild west” shooting.
- Mrwabe said the couple first opened fire on a crowd of people drinking liquor before using a shotgun to shoot Julies.
Two of the three police officers charged with killing Nathaniel Julies were “thirsty for blood” when the teen was shot and killed, the Protea Magistrates Court heard during their bail request this week.
Prosecutor Mzwandile Mrwabe said Sergeant Simon Scorpion Ndyalvane, 46, and Agent Caylene Whiteboy, 23, engaged in a “wild, wild west” shooting when Julies died.
Mrwabe said Ndyalvane reserved a shotgun from the Eldorado Park Police Station without ammunition.
The two officers and three others headed to Freedom Park near Eldorado Park and found a crowd of people drinking alcohol, Mrwabe added.
Mrwabe said:
They first opened fire on people who drank alcohol in Freedom Park. Then they left because they had not quenched their thirst for blood. Then this boy got shot. Aren’t these trends wild, from the wild west? Yes they are.
Mrwabe added that Julies, who had Down syndrome, was outside her home, next to a truck, on August 26 when a police van driven by Ndyalvane arrived.
“When he saw a police van approaching him, he (Julies) saluted the police. Ndyalvane then insulted Julies and chased him away. The boy left and came back. Ndyalvane then ordered Whiteboy to shoot the boy. His actions they were hungry for blood. ” Mrwabe said.
‘They will manipulate our case’
The court heard that Ndyalvane did not reveal to his superiors that the shotgun he had reserved was used to kill a person.
Mrwabe pleaded with the court to deny bail to Ndyalvane, Whiteboy and their co-defendant, Detective Sergeant Foster Netshiongolo, 37.
Mrwabe said:
There is no closure for the community in Eldorado Park because the matter has not gone to trial. They know the witnesses. For now, Netshiongolo might know one or two witnesses. If Netshiongolo, who was at the scene, saw witnesses, he could have shared their identities with his co-defendants. Inside his police van were three other officers who may have made statements to the police.
Outside of court, Julies’ mother Bridget Harris said she was confident that the wheels of justice were moving in the right direction.
“I am more confident than before because justice is now taking its course. I have the feeling that the case is going somewhere, and I say that we are in [a more] suitable situation [than] we were before, “Harris said.
Phindi Mjonondwane, a spokesperson for the National Regional Tax Authority (NPA), said they were opposed to bail because some of the witnesses work with the defendants.
“There is [a] probability that they alter our case. His release will undermine public peace. There is a public outcry for his release on bail. The mother has provided supporting documents to the state, opposing her release, “Mjonondwane said.
The failure in the bail request has been reserved until Monday.
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