In the dock: Phala Phala case rests on circumstantial evidence, says defence as trial nears end

The defence says the State’s case against the three accused in the Phala Phala robbery remains circumstantial, arguing that months of evidence have failed to directly place them inside the farm or link them to the stolen dollars.

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