One of four men, accused of killing Major-Gen Tirhani Maswanganyi, claimed he was tortured by police into admitting that the late officer's wife was involved in the crime.
"They tubed me with a bucket of water, [nearly] drowning me with it...They also severely assaulted me," Roger Moseki told the Pretoria North Magistrate's Court on Friday, according to The Star.
"They told me that I should admit the fact that I was aware that Maswanganyi's wife has hired us to kill the general but I could not do that because it was not true. I told them I don't even know who she is."
Moseki, Tshepo Mosai, Daniel Nefolovhodwe and Isaac Vele are facing murder charges after Maswanganyi's body was found, with his hands and feet bound, in a veld along the R101 in Hamaanskraal on June 17.
Moseki was testifying at his bail application. It was postponed to September 18.
- Timeslive
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