De Lilly 'wasn't at crime scene'

TRAFFIC cop murder-accused Craig “Krake” De Lilly’s legal team are trying to prove that he was never at the scene of the crime.

De Lilly returned to the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court yesterday for his bail application in the Walton van Rooyen murder case.

The accused previously faced the same charges in March 2020 when the traffic cop was gunned down in Acre Road, Kensington, on 17 March with his own service pistol after the officer had arrested a taxi driver over a traffic infringement on the corners of 5th Avenue and Voortrekker Road.

However, the case was provisionally withdrawn a month after the incident.

De Lilly, 41, proceeded with his bail application after he was re-arrested in July 2025 facing charges of murder and the illegal possession of a gun and 14 cartridges.

The court heard evidence from expert Michael Brown, who is a qualified electrical engineer specialising in infrastructure management and data analysis.

Called up by the defence team, Brown said: “I also received a newspaper clipping of the incident and Colonel Traut says that the traffic infringement [was] on the corner of 5th Avenue and Voortrekker Road. 

“On the tracker report there is no indication of the vehicle ever stopping in the area of 5th Avenue, but was travelling at a minimum speed of 13km/h the first time that morning.”

The State prosecutor said he would not be able to cross-examine the witness because he was not informed that the witness would be called up.

He also wysed that he wasn’t informed on what evidence they would testify on and added that they would need to call their own expert to assess Brown’s evidence and cross examine him.