Johannesburg

Monday

Sprinkles. Morning clouds. Nippy.

6°C
14°C

7 day forecasts

Lotz: Fingerprint causes drama

2007-08-16 08:24

Tanya Menges

Cape Town - An overwhelming body of evidence indicates that Fred van der Vyver's fingerprint was lifted from a glass rather than from a DVD cover.

This was the Cape High Court testimony of Van der Vyver's second expert witness, Arie Zeelenberg, on Wednesday.

Van der Vyver, 25, is charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Inge Lotz, 22, in March 2005 in her Stellenbosch flat.

Zeelenberg, a fingerprint expert from the Netherlands, also testified that there were important flaws in the forensic investigation into the handling of the DVD cover.

He showed the court several experiments to prove that the fingerprints had in fact been lifted from a glass.

"It is an accepted fact that the object from which the prints were lifted is of essential importance to the case.

Also that the fact of the fingerprints coming from a glass has implications wider than the case of the accused," Zeelenberg testified.

He said it was impossible for the folien (fingerprint lift) from the DVD cover and the glass to have been exchanged accidentally, as there was no folien from the DVD cover.

"It is highly improbable that a police officer would forget that he had lifted the fingerprint from a glass.

"Seeing that folien 1, allegedly from the DVD cover, actually came from a glass, the folien from the DVD cover either does not exist or has gone missing," he testified.

The folien also indicated wet and dry drops. According to Zeelenberg this did not correspond with the situation at the crime scene, seeing that the fingerprints were only taken the next day and nothing could have been wet anymore.

He also pointed out that there were at least seven identifiable fingerprints that had not yet been linked to people with valid and personal access to Lotz's flat.

The case continues on Thursday.

- Kaapse Son

inside news24

Cpt: 13-19°C More sun than clouds. Mild. Pta: 7-16°C Sprinkles. Morning clouds. Cool.
Jhb: 6-14°C Sprinkles. Morning clouds. Nippy. Bloem: 2-15°C High level clouds. Nippy.
Dbn: 14-24°C Mostly sunny. Mild. PE: 13-20°C More sun than clouds. Mild.
7 day forecasts...
Western Cape Eastern Cape Kwazulu Natal Gauteng

Randburg - 18:14:15 PM The carriageway will be reduced to a single lane for roadworks between Beyers Naude Drive and the Malibongwe Drive exit until 5pm More traffic reports...

Here are the winning Lotto numbers from the Saturday, July 4 draw.

1, 9, 17, 18, 22, 38  Bonus 20

Lotto Plus: 7, 11, 17, 19, 20, 26  Bonus 47

SMS the word Lotto to 31222 to get lotto numbers sent directly to your phone.
 
More lotto numbers...

Jobs - Find your dream job

Analyst Developer

Western Cape - Cape Town
Quiglies Solutions
R25,000-30,000 Per Month Cost To Company Negotiable

Developer / Analyst C# ASP.Net

Western Cape - Cape Town
Quiglies Solutions
R25,000-30,000 Per Month Cost To Company Negotiable

PORTFOLIO MANAGER

Gauteng - Johannesburg
Evrst Business Solutions

Cars - Search 1000's of new and used cars

AUDI

A4’s From R199 000

VOLKSWAGEN

New Golf GTI From R317 300

SOYAT

Junda 2.2 SUV
2007
69990

LAND ROVER

Discovery 3 2.7 TDV6 SE 4x4 Dsl AT
2009
599900

FORD

Focus 1.8 TDCi Trend Dsl 5-dr
2004
79990

Property - Find a new home

MIDSTREAM ESTATE

Single Residential 5,500,000

ELDOPARK

Single Residential 2,730,000

WOODLAND HILLS

Single Residential 2,650,000

Travel - Look, Book, Go!