Dumisani Joxo had not intended to fight the law enforcement officer who shot him dead, a state witness said in the trial of a Cape Town law enforcement officer accused of murdering the homeless man. Dumisani Joxo had not intended to fight the law enforcement officer who shot him dead, state witness Linda Mbuqe told the Wynberg Regional Court in Cape Town on Monday. Mbuqe was testifying in the murder trial of law enforcement officer Luvolwethu Kati, who shot and killed Joxo in Rondebosch in January 2022. In a statement read out by his lawyer in court, Kati said that he had been acting in self-defence. "When I saw the law enforcement officer pull his gun out I pulled Dumsa [Joxo] back.

Source: News 24 June 20, 2023 17:15 UTC