Lawyer for Hillary Gardee murder accused ‘threatened with death and jail’

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The bail application of two of the three men accused of killing Hillary Gardee started with some startling revelations on Wednesday in the Mbombela magistrate’s court.

Mlilo also told the court state prosecutor advocate Ntsika Mpolweni told him to withdraw from the case as the legal representative of the two due to the perceived conflict of interest Mlilo might find himself in regarding the conspiracy to murder charge that had been added to the charges the accused face.

In response, Mpolweni said the conversation was off the record and he was just giving a colleague advice.Gardee went missing on April 29 while shopping with her adopted toddler daughter.Gardee’s body was found next to a pine plantation about 40km outside Mbombela on May 2. She had been shot dead. The state has alleged it has strong evidence implicating the three men in the crime. As the trio pursue bail, they have rejected the state’s version, saying it relied mostly on an

. During Mkhatshwa’s separate bail application, the court heard the “sangoma” could be the ex-husband of Mkhatshwa’s fiancée.

 

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