JUDGE WILSON
: Well, what is also relevant is, did you leave House 1663 with the doors open and nobody guarding it or did you leave someone to keep an eye on it?
INSP. DE LA REY: Mr Chairperson, with the vehicle which had been found there which was unlocked and the house which as I testified earlier could not be locked, I couldn't afford to leave this place unguarded, I did post somebody there, a few people in fact, with the purpose of preventing any other person from gaining access to the house of the vehicle, so the possibility that somebody could have tampered with evidence did not exist.
ADV. MTHEMBU: Inspector, as mentioned in paragraph 26, all the applicants deny that these articles were handed to you freely and voluntarily?
INSP. DE LA REY: Mr Chairperson, after the arrests I got good co-operation from those persons arrested. There was a good understanding between us and as I have said voluntarily without being forced in any way, these items were pointed out to me and I was given certain information without using force of any kind. They voluntarily gave this information to me and the items.
ADV. MTHEMBU: But applicants May, Nkgwedi and Leeuw say that you did apply force on them by way of assaulting them at the time.
INSP. DE LA REY: Mr Chairperson, that is not at all true. Everything took place in Botshabelo well, it has a high population figure, there were a lot of people, there were a lot of inquisitive people and it would have been impossible for me to assault somebody in the presence of the public. This definitely did not happen, I can give you this assurance.
ADV. MTHEMBU: Lastly, Inspector, I put it to you that you have mentioned in this statement that you found certain items or certain items were handed over to you by each one of the accused or applicants in order to aid or to boost your case against the four accused?
INSP. DE LA REY: Mr Chairperson, that is definitely not the case, I could never have done something like this to say that I got something from somebody, it doesn't work that way and it did also not apply to this case.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS BY ADV MTHEMBU