MR MARTINI
Not because he wasn't - if you'll allow me to elaborate I'm going to submit he was not even given the gun.  The only version is that he had to monitor.  Judge Els accepted Mr van Zyl's evidence.  A Judge in a trial has accepted Mr van Zyl's evidence.  What did His Lordship Judge Els find?   He found Mr van Zyl's evidence acceptable.  And what did he find about Barnard?  He says Barnard himself conceded that he was part of a conspiracy to murder.  That related to the monitoring, because the Judge asked him: "But did you know the plot involved killing him?"  He said: "Yes".  So let's stop there.
	The Judge further finds in that case that in all probability what Barnard tried to do, and it's my submission, but I won't elaborate on this, is what he did in Webster.  He thought himself he wanted to kill Mr Omar, to enhance himself in the eyes of the CCB.  That's what Judge Els found.  
	Now with the weapon his evidence and he himself realises that his evidence cannot be accepted Chairperson, what does he say in summary?  He says: "I went down to Cape Town approximately three times".  On the first occasion he says: "I knew from then on I had to murder", that's when the issue of the handing over the gun was dealt with.  But then he says he complains to Mr van Zyl, he says: "Look, this is not going to work, I'm sticking out here like a sore thumb, rather find me an opportunity where Mr Omar is speaking, it's going to be easier".  This can't be done, but yet he wants us to believe that on the third occasion he comes back, they've already assessed the situation and said it can't be done, to say he then went there to shoot Minister Omar, but he didn't do so because he came out of the house accompanied by a lady.  Now let's stop with that statement.  
	We've heard Mr Barnard, Mr Barnard beats people's brains up and he sits here and he says their brain explodes.  What reluctance would Mr Barnard have to shoot Mr Omar and the lady?  After all, he shot Mr Webster in the presence of Maggie Friedman, and what did he say?  He said: "Yes, and after I shot David Webster there was a car behind us, I was getting ready to shoot them as well".  Since when would this man care about not killing others?