Boyfriend bragged about murder of deputy principal, teenager tells court

Noluthando Baleni, left, and Bonga Skolpati, centre, hear evidence in the murder trial of Noluthando’s late husband, Kholisile Baleni, in the Mthatha Magistrate’s Court. Next to them is Baleni’s father, Reverend Mandlenkosi Mgutyana, who has already been acquitted. Picture: LULAMILE FENI
Noluthando Baleni, left, and Bonga Skolpati, centre, hear evidence in the murder trial of Noluthando’s late husband, Kholisile Baleni, in the Mthatha Magistrate’s Court. Next to them is Baleni’s father, Reverend Mandlenkosi Mgutyana, who has already been acquitted. Picture: LULAMILE FENI
The teenage girlfriend of alleged East London hitman Bonga Skolpati gave the Mthatha High Court a spine-chilling account of how her boyfriend allegedly shot dead a popular Coffee Bay deputy principal in 2015.

The evidence of Yolanda Ntshuntshe, 18, put Skolpati, 23, at the scene of 49-year-old Kholisile Baleni’s murder.

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