BERNARD MAKGABO NGOEPE
... the deceased was throttled by Mr Harrington many times.  At some stage he was taken out of the van with the belt around his neck and in his statement Harrington said in so many words that he ha throttled the deceased at least on more than one occasion.  Mr Erasmus is surprisingly quiet on the aspect of the throttling of the deceased.  He never said a word about it.  And yesterday he was asked a question, did you see Mr Harrington throttle the deceased with the belt.  His first reaction was:  at which stage?  And then I intervened and I said at any stage?  And then he said no, I never saw him do that.  And I asked him
2B - 11.2	why/...
JUDGE NGOEPE	122	MR BANADE
why, if he never saw it at all, what was the need for him to ask at what stage.  And now it transpired from the evidence that we had today from Mr Madlala that the throttling of the deceased was done - at least at some stage in such a way that it was so many times, surely Mr Erasmus ought to have seen that.  Are you going to argue that it is possible Mr Erasmus never saw any the throttling at all, and if he did see it, why did he not tell us?  Why did he say he never saw it and why did he not tell us about it.