MS PATEL
Thank you Honourable Chairperson, I will be brief.  I wish to state at the outset that my submissions to a large extent accord with that of my learned colleague Mr Shezi and I won't repeat those.
	It is my respectful submission that the probabilities in this case are overwhelmingly in favour of the fact that there was in fact a conspiracy to murder.  My submission is, after having listened to the evidence of Mr Mbatha, that the primary intended target of this operation was indeed Mr Charles Ngcobo.  We have the affidavit of Mr Hamilton, who states specifically that Mr Nortje and company requested information on Charles himself and not the other way round.  We have Mr Mbatha saying that the physical features of Charles and that of one of the deceased was very similar.  It appears to me a reasonable inference that the group that had gone to Chesterville were falsely under the impression they'd in fact found the intended target and then proceeded as instructed.
	My difficulty ...(intervention).