Blood and semen collected in Anene case
2013-02-26 18:15
Bredasdorp - Blood and semen were found on items
collected in the Anene Booysen rape and murder investigation, the Bredasdorp
Magistrate's Court heard on Tuesday.
Investigating officer Edmund Abels said forensic tests
did not specify whether the fluids were found on clothes taken from Jonathan
Davids or Johannes Kana.
He was testifying in a bail application brought by
Davids.
He and Kana are accused of raping, killing and mutilating
Booysen on 2 February.
She was found at a construction site in town and died
later in hospital.
Magistrate Graham Cupido asked if the clothes were packed
in separate evidence bags before being sent off to the laboratory.
The policeman confirmed that they were.
Pieter du Toit, for the defence, asked how the officer
would know to whom the blood and semen belonged.
Abels replied that the investigation was still ongoing
and that full forensic reports would reveal that in about two months.
A gasp was heard from Booysen's family and friends, who
packed the public gallery.
The court earlier heard that before Booysen died, she
told three hospital staff that "Zwaai" and about six other men were
responsible for her injuries.
Davids confirmed his nickname was "Zwaai", but
said he knew of another man who was also called "Zwaai".
He lived in Zwelitsha and was a "28" gang
member.
Abels said the police searched for about 20 minutes for
this man.
In the statement Booysen's foster mother gave to the
police, she said Davids was the only "Zwaai" her daughter would have
known.
Du Toit put it to Abels that her mother could surely not
know who the teenager's friends were when she allowed her daughter to be in a
bar at 03:00, and did not know her whereabouts at all times.
Abels said this could be true, however, the police had
statements from Booysen's friends in which they had said the same thing as her
foster mother.
- SAPA
