WATCH | Third ballistics expert links firearm to Meyiwa murder

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PRETORIA – Another ballistics expert has again confirmed Colonel Chris Mangena’s findings that a firearm seized from accused 3 Mthobisi Mncube is the Meyiwa murder weapon. 
Senior Forensic Analyst Malesela Ntini is the third person to be called in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. He’s one of the analysts who did a peer review of Mangena’s analysis in July,  four years ago. 
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He’s also confirmed a positive match on the firearm. Last year, Mangena linked a bullet found at the crime scene was fired from the same gun confiscated from Mncube in 2015. 
Ntini says his microscopic examination of both the scene bullet and the tests are also in accordance.