File Image: The three suspects in the Hillary Gardee murder case at the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court in Mbombela, Mpumalanga.File Image: The three suspects in the Hillary Gardee murder case at the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court in Mbombela, Mpumalanga.is expected to resume at the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court in Mbombela, Mpumalanga.
Sipho Mkhatshwa and his two accused Philemon Lukhele and Mduduzi Gama are facing charges of murder, kidnapping, rape and defeating the ends of justice. On Monday, Mkhatshwa told the court that he was not in Mbombela when Gardee was killed but in Malelane.His spouse Zandile Magagula also took the stand in support of his application.
Gardee’s body, the daughter of former Economic Freedom Fighters secretary-general and attorney, Godrich Gardee, was found dumped near a timber plantation outside Mbombela in April.The video below is reporting on the previous court appearances: