AKA, Tibs murder trial: Defence questions detective’s facial recognition skills

South African Police Service (SAPS) technical detective Rajen Sanders was grilled by defence lawyers over his lack of expertise in facial recognition.

Sanders had been testifying on the more than three hours of CCTV footage he collected following the killing of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend, celebrity chef Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane.

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During his evidence-in-chief, SAPS technical detective Rajen Sanders positively identified two of the accused suspects from the CCTV footage.

Defence lawyer Musa Mzelemu questioned Sanders over whether he had the required expertise to make the positive identification.