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Murder accused’s life hangs in the balance as Magistrate misses court proceedings

The murder accused’s fate remains a mystery, this is after Magistrate Court failed to appear in court due to personal issues. Boitumelo Khitleli was on Friday expected to plead guilty to murdering his girlfriend, Mpharwana Makumane in October last year.
Khitleli was apprehended by the police hours later for the murder of Makumane

A day before Mpharwane was brutally murdered; she had gone to the Maluti police station to ask the police to reinforce protection order against her abusive boyfriend. On that same day, Mpharwane discovered that the protection order she had filed against her boyfriend had not been served.

Mpharwane was also told that the police station is not a resting place, this is after she asked that she be accommodated because she feared for her life. A police officer was placed on a one-month suspension without pay after a disciplinary hearing.
Khitkeli is facing three accounts; murder, attempted murder and theft

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