AKA Murder Trial: Police Officer Clashes With Defence Lawyer Over Alleged Gun Recovery

• Siyanda Eddie Myeza, accused of supplying firearms used to kill AKA and Tibz, challenged a police officer's testimony in the Durban High Court
• A TRT officer told the court that a firearm with an erased serial number and four rounds of ammunition was recovered from Myeza during his arrest in Umlazi
• Myeza's defence argued the firearm could not have been found at his waist because he was wearing a full leg cast at the time of his arrest

A key moment unfolded in the AKA murder trial when the defence for one of the accused directly challenged a police officer's account of how a firearm was allegedly recovered.

Siyanda Eddie Myeza, one of seven men standing trial for the February 2023 murders of rapper Kiernan "AKA" Forbes and his friend Tebello "Tibz" Motsoane on Florida Road in Durban, claims it was physically impossible for the weapon to have been found on his person in the way police described.

Read also

Tony Brown’s Childhood Injury Nearly Cost Him a Hand, Then Changed His Rugby Forever

Myeza's cast becomes central to his defence

During proceedings at the Durban High Court on Thursday, 8 October 2026, Advocate Simphiwe Mlotshwa, acting for Myeza, cross-examined a South African Police Service Tactical Response Team (TRT) officer about the circumstances of his client's arrest and the firearm allegedly recovered from him.

IOL reports that Mlotshwa put it to the officer that Myeza had sustained an injury on the same day Forbes and Motsoane were killed, leaving him with a cast running from his ankle to the groin area. Because of this, his defence argued, it would have been impossible for him to have a firearm tucked into his waist.

"He had a cast from the ankle to the vicinity of the groin area on the left. He instructed me he could therefore not have a gun in his waist area due to the cast," Mlotshwa told the witness.

The officer's response was blunt: "Well, it happened."

Read also

Shebeshxt claims forensic report proves he was framed in shooting case

It was also confirmed that Myeza was limping and using crutches at the time of his arrest, which the prosecution did not dispute.

Firearm linked to earlier shooting

Myeza was arrested at his home in Umlazi in April 2023, roughly two months after the murders, following intelligence from the crime intelligence unit indicating he was in possession of an unlicensed firearm.

The TRT officer told the court that a colleague searched Myeza and recovered the firearm, which had four rounds of ammunition: three in the magazine and one already chambered. The colleague made the weapon safe before placing Myeza under arrest.

Investigators also observed that the firearm's serial number had been erased. When questioned by Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Lawrence Gcaba about how police knew the weapon was unlicensed, the officer said the intelligence they received had indicated as much.

The firearm is alleged to have been used in a separate shooting in Mayville in 2022 before being connected to the Forbes and Motsoane murders.

A second man who was present at Myeza's home during the arrest was also searched and detained, though the officer said she could not recall his identity.

Read also

Shadrack Sibiya to remains in custody as defence team clarifies alleged threat made to witness

Myeza faces murder charges alongside Lindokuhle Thabani Mkhwanazi, Lindani Zenzele Ndimande, Mziwethemba Harvey Gwabeni, Lindokuhle Mhlaliseni Mkhwanazi, and brothers Malusi Dave and Siyabonga Gezani Ndimande.

Watch the footage from their court appearance below.

AKA's mother flies to Durban for murder trial

In an earlier report, Briefly News shared Lynn Forbes' post as she flew to Durban for the first day of her late son AKA's murder trial.

This comes after she shared her feelings about going to the city after what had happened to the rapper.

Source: Briefly News