The trial of two men accused of killing 12-year-old Aliya ‘Angel’ Tee is expected to continue in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Wednesday.
The Grade 7 pupil and prefect at Strelitzia Primary School died after she was shot in the head in her home on June 7, last year, when gunmen, posing as police, forced their way into their home in Barberry Street in Bethelsdorp.
Nealon Redhouse, 18, and Deon Harmse, 24, pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, attempted murder, housebreaking with intent to commit murder and unlicensed possession of firearm and ammunition.
Tee’s mother Candice put on a brave face on Tuesday, as she pointed out the two men who allegedly killed her daughter.
Since their daughter’s murder, Tee and her husband Edmund, have been in a witness protection programme.
In evidence on Tuesday, she recalled the events on the night that her daughter was killed and her husband wounded.
Tee said the family had spent quality time together before hearing a loud bang, then hearing the dogs barking and another loud bang.
Tee said her husband jumped up and the people outside said they were the police and ordered them to open the door. She said they put a coach in front of the door to prevent the men from entering.
Tee said that her husband ran to the back door and before joining him she told Angel to stay in the room. She said she started walking towards her husband and saw Redhouse pointing a gun at her through a gap in the door.
She is expected to continue testifying on Wednesday.
– African News Agency (ANA)
