Court sets trial date for murder accused, Boitumelo Khitleli
Almost a year later since the brutal killing of Azerial Senior Secondary teacher, Makumane Mparwane, her murder accused boyfriend, Boitumelo Khitleli, will finally stand trial in November. On Thursday, the Maluti Magistrate Court said the court proceedings of the trial will take up to four days, with the start date being November the 8th. Two witnesses will be called in during the trial. According to the Court, Khitleli intends to plead guilty to two of the four charge accounts levelled against.
The 26-year-old father to Mpharwane son is facing a string of charges including, murder, attempted murder, theft.
On Friday morning of October the 23rd, Khitleli allegedly ambushed his girlfriend, who was sitting in a car at the time waiting for her friend Lebo Ntoni ,an argument betwen them ensued escalating to a physical fight, which led to Khitleli withdrawing a very sharp knife, stabbing Mpharwane 14 times in the upper body, killing her in cold blood on the spot.
When children who were playing outside the house, ran to Ntoni’s house to alert her of what was happening, she instantly ran towards the couple to attempt to stop Khitleli, however, her efforts yielded nothing when she was stabbed in the head” Upon arrival, Khitleli wielded a knife on me and stabbed me in the head and I fell. I acted dead. He ran away, I then crawled to Mpharwane who seemed to have lost a lot of blood. When I tried to move her, I realised she was unconscious. The last thing I remember, I was in an ambulance, when I shouted, that’s Mparwane’s car!, said Ntoni.
A day before the incident, Makumane had visited the Maluti Police station to report her boyfriend and asked for protection from the police, however, her plea for help fell on deaf ears.
