After years of delays, South African serial killer Hlabirwa Rassie Nkuna will finally stand trial for murdering Hillary Gardee and Nonkululeko Nkosi back in 2022. The 36-year-old already got slapped with two life sentences for killing his girlfriend and her cop sister, and he's facing a dozen more charges when the court kicks off next spring in Mbombela. Gardee was a law student who got snatched from a shopping center and shot execution-style, while Nkosi was kidnapped, raped, and strangled before being dumped in a ditch.
The whole thing has been a mess with prosecutors building their case around phone records, DNA evidence, and a confession that Nkuna later tried to take back. Four other dudes originally got arrested but walked free when their confessions got tossed out for being coerced. Hillary's dad, who's a big name in the EFF party, has been pushing hard for justice while dealing with the painful reality that gender-based violence keeps claiming lives across the country.
The whole thing has been a mess with prosecutors building their case around phone records, DNA evidence, and a confession that Nkuna later tried to take back. Four other dudes originally got arrested but walked free when their confessions got tossed out for being coerced. Hillary's dad, who's a big name in the EFF party, has been pushing hard for justice while dealing with the painful reality that gender-based violence keeps claiming lives across the country.
