CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (DECEMBER 8, 2014) (ENCA FOR POOL - ACCESS ALL) (SOUNDBITE) (English) JUDGE JEANETTE TRAVERSO, SAYING: “Mr. Tongo, who was the only witness who could link the accused to the conspiracy, gave evidence to the court, which is so improbable and contains so many mistakes, lies and inconsistency that one simply cannot know where the lies end and where the truth begins. I accept that at this stage of the proceedings the credibility of a witness plays a limited role, but in my view the evidence of these witnesses is so replete with fundamental contradictions on the key components of the state case that I can all but ignore it. In making this finding I take into account that all three witnesses, Mr. Tongo, Mr. Mbolombo and Mr. Qwabe are intelligent people and therefore more than capable of attempting to twist their version to implicate the accused.” (WHITE FLASH FRAME TO SEPARATE SOUNDBITES) (SOUNDBITE) (English) JUDGE JEANETTE TRAVERSO, SAYING: “In the circumstances I make the following order, the application in terms of section 174 of the criminal procedure act is granted, the accused is found not guilty on this charge and Mr. Mbolombo is granted indemnity, is not granted indemnity from prosecution. Court will adjourn.” (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY, NATHI MNCUBE, SAYING: “Once again it’s a lack of understanding, firstly we have three people who have been convicted in this case, ideally you would want to have all conspirators all tried together at the same time, but unfortunately that could not happen, not because of the NPA or anyone else, but because of the fact that we could not extradite Mr. Dewani in time so that he could be tried with the other three accused and that is the fact of the matter.”