Timol's injuries not consistent with fatal fall, forensic pathologist tells inquest
Pretoria - Some of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol's injuries, revealed in a post mortem conducted on him, were not consistent with the ones caused by his fatal fall from the 10th floor of John Vorster Square, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria heard on Wednesday.
"There are a number of injuries that are not consistent with a fall from height," forensic pathologist Dr Shakeera Holland testified at the second sitting of the Ahmed Timol Inquest, before Judge Billy Mothle.
"The implication is these injuries must have been present prior to the fatal fall," she said.
Holland performed between 4 000 to 5 000 post mortems during her career.
She presented her findings to the court after studying Timol's post mortem report and photographs from the scene.