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A senior forensic ballistics analyst, Laurence Makgotloe, has been granted bail amid explosive allegations he faked reports and erased evidence in high-profile murder cases, including the death of engineer Armand Swart. Accused of defeating justice and being an accessory to murder, Makgotloe’s defense portrays him as a family man with no prior record, while prosecutors feared he’d flee. His testimony to the Madlanga Commission last year claimed firearms from Swart’s case linked to 20 others — a report later found riddled with errors, sparking a bitter debate: were they mistakes or deliberate sabotage? Now, the court weighed justice against risk — and chose freedom — leaving the truth of his actions hanging in the balance.

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