The pathologist who examined Donald Sebolai’s slain girlfriend has said she was already dead when the DJ placed her on his bed.
With this‚ Dr Mosou Paul Morule on Wednesday contradicted Sebolai’s account of the events on the night Flavia Rachel “Dolly” Tshabalala was stabbed.
Sebolai‚ 38‚ also known as “DJ Donald Duck“‚ is on trial in the Johannesburg High Court sitting at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court‚ southeast of Johannesburg‚ for the murder of Tshabalala‚ 32‚ on June 29 last year.
Sebolai has denied stabbing Tshabalala and said she was stabbed in a struggle between them when she attacked him with a knife.
Sebolai also faces charges of theft and defeating the ends of justice for allegedly stealing Tshabalala’s car and removing evidence from the crime scene.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Prosecutor Elize le Roux recalled Morule to the witness stand this week for further questioning after the court heard Sebolai’s own account of Tshabalala’s death.
Morule testified earlier in the trial that Tshabalala died of blood loss from a deep stab wound in her lower abdomen‚ extending from her pubic bone to the root of her right thigh and severing a major blood vessel.
Her body was found on Sebolai’s bed in his Soweto flat.
Sebolai testified that Tshabalala was stabbed in the lounge and he then moved her to his bed‚ cleaned her blood off the floor and changed her trousers. He said she was still alive and he did all this with the intention of taking her to the hospital.
When he returned from putting some of her bloodied clothing in her car‚ she was dead‚ Sebolai said.
But Morule‚ when questioned by Judge Cassim Moosa‚ denied that Tshabalala was still alive when Sebolai changed her pyjama pants on his bed.
“Blood vessels of a living individual behave like a burst pipe. The lack of blood splatter on the bed means [Tshabalala] was dead by the time she got to bed‚” Morule said.
Morule said Tshabalala’s blood alcohol content showed that she was slightly drunk when she died. Her blood alcohol content was 0.06g/100ml. The legal limit for driving is 0.05g/100ml.
Both the state and defence have closed their cases and the trial was postponed to Tuesday next week for closing arguments.
Pathologist: Dolly was dead when Donald put her on bed
The pathologist who examined Donald Sebolai’s slain girlfriend has said she was already dead when the DJ placed her on his bed.
With this‚ Dr Mosou Paul Morule on Wednesday contradicted Sebolai’s account of the events on the night Flavia Rachel “Dolly” Tshabalala was stabbed.
Sebolai‚ 38‚ also known as “DJ Donald Duck“‚ is on trial in the Johannesburg High Court sitting at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court‚ southeast of Johannesburg‚ for the murder of Tshabalala‚ 32‚ on June 29 last year.
Sebolai has denied stabbing Tshabalala and said she was stabbed in a struggle between them when she attacked him with a knife.
Sebolai also faces charges of theft and defeating the ends of justice for allegedly stealing Tshabalala’s car and removing evidence from the crime scene.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Prosecutor Elize le Roux recalled Morule to the witness stand this week for further questioning after the court heard Sebolai’s own account of Tshabalala’s death.
Morule testified earlier in the trial that Tshabalala died of blood loss from a deep stab wound in her lower abdomen‚ extending from her pubic bone to the root of her right thigh and severing a major blood vessel.
Her body was found on Sebolai’s bed in his Soweto flat.
Sebolai testified that Tshabalala was stabbed in the lounge and he then moved her to his bed‚ cleaned her blood off the floor and changed her trousers. He said she was still alive and he did all this with the intention of taking her to the hospital.
When he returned from putting some of her bloodied clothing in her car‚ she was dead‚ Sebolai said.
But Morule‚ when questioned by Judge Cassim Moosa‚ denied that Tshabalala was still alive when Sebolai changed her pyjama pants on his bed.
“Blood vessels of a living individual behave like a burst pipe. The lack of blood splatter on the bed means [Tshabalala] was dead by the time she got to bed‚” Morule said.
Morule said Tshabalala’s blood alcohol content showed that she was slightly drunk when she died. Her blood alcohol content was 0.06g/100ml. The legal limit for driving is 0.05g/100ml.
Both the state and defence have closed their cases and the trial was postponed to Tuesday next week for closing arguments.
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