Handwriting expert to testify

THE trial of a man accused of killing an accomplice who turned state witness was postponed again yesterday as a handwriting expert who will be testifying will only be prepared tomorrow.

Luvuyo Koboka, 27, is charged with murder, robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm and two counts of unlawful possession of ammunition.

He allegedly took part in a cash-in-transit heist at the KwaDwesi shopping complex on March 16 2009, making off with about R200000 and a semi-automatic firearm from a security guard of Group Four Securicor Cash Services. The getaway driver, Mlungiseleli Bindwini, later turned state witness and Koboka and his accomplices found out and allegedly shot him multiple times outside a tavern in Kwazakhele.

According to the state, it is in possession of a warning statement in which Koboka confesses to the crimes. Koboka is disputing that he ever confessed and claims the signature on the statement is not his.

Koboka yesterday provided state advocate Joel Sesar with handwriting specimens which the handwriting expert will study and then testify tomorrow. – Lee-Anne Butler