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A Home Affairs official is expected to testify in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, as the bail application of Philemon Lukhele, one of the four accused in the Hillary Gardee murder, resumes.

A framed picture of Hillary Gardee in a courtroom.

Previously, the court heard that Lukhele had not been to eSwatini since exiled to South Africa in the late 90s., Sipho Mkhatshwa, Mduduzi Gama and Rassie Nkune are accused of the killing of Hillary Gardee.She had been reported missing a few days earlier. The suspects are facing charges that include kidnapping, murder, defeating the ends of justice and conspiracy to murder among others.

He also told the court that the results of blood stains found at Lukhele’s house had insufficient DNA. The court also heard that Lukhele is a bad father, and that he had not been supporting his eight-year-old child.

 

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