Luyanda Mona was so angry at having been belittled by three men who'd argued with him that, despite his passengers' pleas, he drove back to look for them, vowing revenge.

The Grahamstown Regional Court heard this on Thursday from second state witness, Siphokazi Kalipa, in the trial of the former DJ.He is accused of culpable homicide after he allegedly drove into three men in Nompondo Street, Joza, in November 2006. Ayanda Liwani and Zamile Makafe died on the scene. Sipho Stamper died later in hospital.

Last Wednesday, after numerous delays since proceedings began in 2006, Mona's ex-girlfriend Yandiswa Konza told the court that he'd had an altercation with the trio, to whom he had given a lift. The men had demanded that he take them to Extension 8. Instead, he dropped them at an intersection leading to Extension 8.
 

Konza said on Wednesday that one of the men had struggled with the accused over the steering wheel. She said Mona had taken one of her friends to Cool Spot once the men had left, and then she'd asked Mona to take her home. She said while driving down Nompondo Street, she had seen three men coming in the opposite direction, who refused to move from the road.