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Key Witness in Murder Trial Gunned Down Outside Court

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27-year-old Ashwin Mouwers was shot dead just outside the Lenasia’s Magistrate Court, in Johannesburg this morning.

Mouwers is said to have been a witness in the trial of the Eldorado Park murder case that took place in 2021. The murder trial was scheduled to begin today.

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 He was standing outside the court with another witness in the trial, when two men approached them at shot at them. The Mouwers was shot 4 times and declared dead on the scene. The other witness was left injured. Both Mouwers and the witness were not under any witness protection.

The Lenasia Magistrate Court has suspended the day’s proceedings. A murder case has been opened, and police are on the search for the two male suspects.

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