CMS-accused demand their freedom

The accused persons in the ongoing P21 million Central Medical Stores (CMS) fraud case have urged Regional Magistrate Lot Moroka to disregard evidence of an accomplice witness.

At the close of the defence case yesterday, one of the accused, Jabulani Johnson, argued that the accomplice witness had given contradictory evidence during cross-examination. He said there were no telephone conversation records between him and the accomplice witness  to prove the claim that they ever had contact.

He further told court that there is no evidence suggesting he signed any documents used in the commissioning of the crime.

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