dr. jansen, you are a state pathologist of many years standing and i have no doubt a well-qualified pathologist. could you now please tell us what caused the death of the deceased?
you are sure about the hanging? this pressure on the neck, could it also have been exerted in other ways?
of course not, doctor. the list of injuries found on the body was horrifyingly long; bruises, swellings, abrasions, broken rib, lacerations, etc. how long before death do you estimate he received these injuries?
roughly.
even more recent. i see. i understand you had a dr. hassiem present at the autopsy.
there were two reports, ours and his. did they tally?
isn't it normal practice to have one report? why did dr. hassiem decide to draw up a separate report? if he really co-signed yours.
i would very much like to, dr. jansen, but he's been detained -- you know of course that he represented the ngubene family. thank you. there's a murmur around the court.  ben looks across at viljoen who returns his gaze -- smiling.
dr. herzog, did you examine the deceased?
that's all?
did the captain or anyone else assist you during the examination?
dr. herzog, tell us. have you been intimidated by the security police or did you deliberately cooperate with them in playing their disgusting little game of hide-and-seek?
thank you, doctor herzog.  i'm sure gordon ngubene was extremely grateful! herzog's face is impassive.
thank you, your worship. captain stolz, you said you treated the deceased always with courtesy and correctness, then how do you account for the injuries found on the body?
you say he tried to jump out of the open window.  are there no bars to prevent such an act?
and why did he wish to jump out? because you were torturing him?
perhaps it was the toothache then.
you said you seized incriminating documents at the deceased's home; can you produce them to see how subversive he was?
i put it to you, captain -- that the only subversive activities the deceased had been involved in were his efforts to establish what happened to his son, jonathan, allegedly shot during a riot, although several witnesses are prepared to testify that he died in detention one month later.
this would support my case that an innocent man has died in your hands under highly questionable circumstances.
if the police are really interested in retaining an unsullied reputation, they should not object to the real facts being presented. thank you, captain.
i trust the signatories of these .  documents.  are available to corroborate their evidence in person.
mr. archibald, when did you first meet gordon ngubene?
are you saying that you didn't sign this statement?
thank you, mr. archibald.
may we put up the second signatory?
your worship, i'd like to recall captain stolz.
captain, you're still under oath -- you took archibald's statement. was it voluntary? i'm sure you'll say it was, then how did he come by the injuries on his back?
fell down the stairs. you should do something about those stairs, captain, so many people fall on them. thank you.
when your husband's clothes were given to you, in what condition were they?
now mrs. ngubene, you have seen the note that's said to have been written by your husband. do you recognize the writing?
thank you, mrs. ngubene.
i'd like to call my last witness. grace nkosi.
were you ever detained?
for how long?
can you tell us what happened to you during that time?
thank you, miss grace. that's all, your worship.