TWO policemen took to the stand at the trial of former traffic chief Dave Middleton yesterday (Thursday).
The officers testified about the digital evidence retrieved from Mr Middleton’s home on September 9, 2013.
Captain Ajith Jaganath, who is attached to the forensic laboratory based at the provincial office of SAPS, was part of the team which searched and seized digital equipment such as CDs, laptops and two computer towers.
“The examination of this material didn’t reveal anything incriminating,” he said.
Lieutenant-Colonel Aubrey Mayimela assisted in seizing, downloading and presenting all digital forensic evidence.
The court went through the downloaded photographs, and heard what time and on which device they were captured.
Two of the photographs were possibly taken by a different device and transferred to Mr Middleton’s iPhone.
Lt-Col Mayimela said that two of the three Nokia phones that were analysed contained no evidence relating to the case.
Evidence in the form of multi-media messages (MMS) which had been downloaded, was retrieved from the third phone, a Nokia 5230.
Before postponing the case until today (Friday) Mr Middleton’s legal representative, Advocate Jimmy Howse, asked Lt-Col Mayimela if he could investigate and tell the court whether the iPhone had transferred the four MMS retrieved on the Nokia.
This is evidence will be heard today.
