Murder accused calls for his own handwriting expert

DESPITE a forensic handwriting expert's conclusion that a warning statement containing an alleged confession was probably signed by him, a man accused of murder last week requested the opportunity to get his own expert to validate his claim that the signature does not belong to him.

Luvuyo Koboka, 27, is accused of killing an accomplice who turned state witness in 2009 and is charged with murder, robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm and 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 firearm.

However, the getaway driver, Mlungiseleli Bindwini, later turned state witness. Koboka and his accomplices found out and allegedly shot him outside a tavern in Kwazakhele. A total of 66 shots were fired. - Lee-Anne Butler