Nigerian Ex-Olympian denies killing S/African woman
Pretoria - A Nigerian, Ambrose Monye, insisted before a South African court that he did not give instructions for the killing of a South African woman, Chanelle Henning. Monye spoke on Monday as the State completed cross-examination of the former Nigerian Olympian, in alleged link in the murder of Henning., The state Prosecutor, Gerrie Nel, in final submissions in trial of Monye in the North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, said that he believed the accused was involved in Henning's murder. Monye denied having any part in it. ``My Lord, I never gave instructions to anybody to carry out any illegal action," Monye said. Henning, 26, died in a shooting in Faerie Glen on Nov. 8 2011, shortly after dropping her child at a crèche. Monye and his co-accused, Andre Gouws, pleaded not guilty to the five-count charge of conspiracy to murder Henning. The state alleged that Monye and Gouws conspired with former Policeman Gerhardus du- Plessis and Willem Pieterse in the murder of Henning. Du...