Mkhwanazi says his former partner, Witness K, came up with the scheme to implicate him in the R15-million precious stones heist after they broke up. According to Mkhwanazi, Witness K falsely implicated him in the theft of multi-million-rand precious stones. “(Witness K) was emotionally distraught and devastated when I jilted her. Witness K is charged alongside Mkhwanazi, EMPD officer Adrian MacKenzie and former EMPD officer Kersha-Leigh Stohls in connection with the 2023 theft of R14.9 million in precious stones from Rosebank. He denied any involvement in the theft of the stones and rejected claims of being the mastermind behind the theft.