Blood found inside ET’s car

Blood was found inside rightwing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche’s bakkie on the night of his murder, the High Court sitting in Ventersdorp heard on Wednesday.

Warrant Officer Bobby Sephiphi, from the Potchefstroom Criminal Record Centre, said he took a sample of blood found on the back-rest of the driver’s seat as evidence.

He also took blood samples and fingerprints from the steering wheel, and the inside of the farmhouse where Terre’Blanche’s mutilated body was found in April last year.

The officer made observations at the scene and bagged possible evidence.

He further took blood samples from both the accused’s hands and nails at the local police station.

Farmworkers Chris Mahlangu and a minor are accused of beating and hacking Terre'Blanche to death on April 3 last year. Both have pleaded not guilty to murder, housebreaking, and robbery with aggravating circumstances.

Mahlangu claims he acted in self defence. The 16-year-old has denied involvement in he crime. – Sapa