Suspect pleads guilty to Mpumalanga 'muti' killings

The three other accused will be tried separately next year. #DStv403

JOHANNESBURG - One of the men accused of murdering 13-year-old Gabisile Shabane and her 15-month-old nephew has pleaded guilty.

He'll go on trial on Tuesday. The three other accused will be tried separately next year.

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The man said Shabane was killed for muti. The teenager was living with albinism.

Her headless body was found in a shallow grave last year.

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Other body parts were also missing.

The body of her newphew Nkosikhona Ngwenya was discovered at a dump along a Mpumalanga highway.

 

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eNCA

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