A video made of slain Aaliyah “Angel” Tee’s father Edmund was shown in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Thursday in which he is seen pointing out the two men who are charged with killing his 12-year-old daughter in cold blood.
Warrant Officer Lombertus Blok was tasked to conduct an identity parade and visited the hospital where Edmund Tee had been admitted shortly after the shooting at his family home.
According to the State, Angel was murdered in June last year when gunmen, posing as police, forced their way into the family’s Barberry Street home in Bethelsdorp.
Nealon Redhouse, 18, and Deon Harmse, 24, are charged with murder and the attempted murder of Angel’s mother Candice and father, Edmund, who was wounded in the attack.
The video played in court showed Blom visiting Edmund Tee in hospital where Blom showed him a set of 18 photographs.
Tee, without hesitation, was seen pointing out Redhouse as the man who forced open the back door to gain entry to the home.
After some time, Edmund pointed out Harmse as the person who had shot him.
Meanwhile, a crime scene investigator, Warrant Officer Phillip Bekker, testified about Angel’s injuries and also described the bloody crime scene.
Bekker testified that the fatal bullet which hit Angel entered through the back right-hand side of her head, passed through her brain and sinus cavity before exiting through her left cheek and striking a wall.
He said this resulted in a large amount of blood loss.
Candice Tee previously testified that Angel had put her hands together in prayer before begging the men not to shoot them.
She told the court that the two of them crouched down at the toilet as Redhouse pointed a firearm at them. “I said Lord help us and at the same time I heard one of them saying ‘skiet my bra’ (shoot my brother).”
“We were kneeling at the toilet seat and I heard a shot go off and I passed out,” she said.
After Tee regained consciousness she said she tried to lift her head but was not sure if she had been shot. She then turned to the side and saw Angel lying on the ground.
“I looked to my left and saw Aaliyah lying on the ground, I was on my knees. I took my hand and saw that there was blood coming out of her ear. I said ‘take her Lord, she is yours’.”
The trial continues on Friday.
– African News Agency (AN
