The grandfather of baby Zahnia Woodward on Wednesday took the stand in the Western Cape High Court, fingering three of the accused in his granddaughter’s murder trial.
Peter Robyn was part of the inspection in loco done on Tuesday by Judge Robert Henney in Ocean View and surrounds, where he saw and identified her alleged shooters for the first time.
Zahnia was shot through the head while sitting in her father’s lap in December 2016.
They were waiting for her mom Cindy in front of their house in Carnation Road.
A red VW Golf, belonging to Bradley’s friend, was parked next to them.
IDENTIFY: Zahnia’s oupa Peter Robyn at the Western Cape High Court yesterday
Peter, 59, lives on the corner of Carnation and Daffodil Streets.
Testifying in Afrikaans, the oupa said he had been in his lounge working at the table when the shooting started.
He ran out and saw a white VW Golf reversing or rolling back in Carnation Street.
He said he did not know the two shooters in the car, but when he saw them on Tuesday, he recognised Christopher September and Tashwill Kriel.
PRESIDE: Judge Henney
These details were not recorded in his initial statement to police.
Peter told the court he was never asked nor shown photos of suspects to identify.
“Accused one (September) had gotten out of the front passenger seat of the white Golf and shot at people in the red Golf, which belongs to Bradley’s friend, who was visiting,” he testified.
“I ran out from Carnation Road, over the field into the middle of Kommetjie Road where the (white) Golf was leaving the area.
“And I had a rock in my hand. I wanted to make them stop.
“That is when Accused three (Kriel) was hanging out by the window shooting at me.
“I threw the rock and it hit the driver’s side of the windscreen.
CASE: Accused Tashwill Kriel
“That’s when I saw Larry was the driver. He tried to duck, but I knew it was him.”
During cross-examination, Advocate Alan Koester asked Peter if he could see his son when he had run outside.
He replied: “I did not see Bradley at first, then he came running and the child’s nekkie was pap. I could see that both of them were shot.
“He then jumped into the car and raced to hospital, I followed in his car.”
TRIAL: Christopher September
Advocate Koos Smit, for accused Larry Johnson, said Peter’s testimony was not evident on video footage, which was obtained from his other son Damian’s house next door.
After much deliberation, this footage was played in court.
Smit then put it to Peter that he simply assumed it was Johnson, because he knows the car, but an adamant Peter said: “No. He drove away and tried to hide. I saw him clearly.”
Advocate Gert Fourie, for Kriel, asked what made Peter recognise his client.
The oupa said: “I remember his face. I remember all their faces. I had enough time to see and identify them.”
The case continues.