DURING the ongoing murder trial of Sunil Brijmohan, a key witness has implicated the former councillor’s son and business partner in a conspiracy to kill him because he was “cheating on his wife”.
Al-Barakh Jaleel Van Rooyen, 21, was the first key witness giving his testimony in the State’s case against Sewnath, 46, and his co-accused, Vernon Chetty, 26, Farah Moosa, 25, and Sibusiso Ngcobo, 26. The trial began in December and resumed on Monday.
Van Rooyen and his co-accused, Santure Kirwin Mkhize, were both found guilty of Brijmohan’s murder and are serving 18-year sentences. They both are witnesses for the State in the trial.
Brijmohan, 46, was a construction businessman and was shot and killed outside a building site in Cato Crest in Amanzimtoti, on October 21, 2022.
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