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A witness in the ongoing radicalisation case against controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie stunned the court when she bizarrely claimed that the preacher transformed into a snake, bit her husband and disappeared into a hole.
The witness, identified as L.A., told the court that the bizarre incident occurred around 7pm while she and her husband, J.O., were living at Shakahola before they were rescued.
L.A. said Mackenzie had visited their homestead shortly before she witnessed what she described as his transformation, beginning with his head and shortly afterwards involving the rest of his body.
“I saw his head turn into a snake. He came to us looking like Mackenzie, but then his head transformed into a snake, and shortly afterwards, his entire body turned into a snake,” she said.
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She told the court that she was outside their homestead when she saw the snake approach her husband and bite him on the leg.
“Mackenzie turned into a snake, bit my husband on the leg and then disappeared into a hole,” she said.
L.A. said she was so shocked that she could neither scream nor immediately figure out what to do.