JEFFERY T BENZIEN
Perhaps the statement doesn't read correctly.  After I identified him, I didn't immediately then say I was a member of the police.  He first came out of the house and I recognised him.
	I wasn't sure whether he recognised me.  I said a whole lot of things about drains and sewerage blockages and so on.  It is difficult to explain to the Committee or to anybody who wasn't in that situation, I had to make a snap decision as to how I was going to act. 
	Was I going to walk away from the scene knowing that this man was a trained terrorist or freedom fighter.  He had something in his hand and the way in which he concealed his hand, was unnatural.
	Had I walked away and he recognised me, or became suspicious, he might have if he had had a handgrenade in his possession, used this handgrenade, thrown the handgrenade and if he had a pistol, he could have shot us dead.
	That was the worst scenario which I could imagine.  You must remember that these are thoughts which flash through your mind in a fraction of a second.  
	Mr Chairman, may I try to sketch the situation to the Committee.  The second alternative was that he would recognise me, that he does not act against us in any way, but as soon as we leave the scene, he then leaves his hiding place and we would lose track of him.
	The third alternative, I had to consider as a trained policeman, was must I now as a policeman, irrespective of the risk continue with my arrest of this man and that decision was taken by me in a split second, to try and arrest this man, irrespective of the danger which the situation clearly posed.
	I moved to the door, the deceased stepped back a pace.  He was standing in the doorway and I tried to squeeze him.  At that stage he turned towards me.  I was convinced that he realised at that moment that this was not a worker from the Municipal Cleansing Branch.
	When I then grabbed him, I told him I was a member of the police and that I was arresting him.  I had hoped that he would subject himself to the ... (tape ends)