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Nosicelo Mtebeni’s suitcase murderer Alutha Pasile pleads guilty
‘Suitcase murderer’ Alutha Pasile has pleaded guilty to killing and butchering his girlfriend Nosicelo Mtebeni in East London.
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The ‘suitcase murderer’ Alutha Pasile has entered a guilty plea for the charge of savagely killing his girlfriend Nosicelo Mtebeni in East London, the update was confirmed on Monday via eNCA’s live stream.
“Nosicelo Mtebeni, a young Fort Hare University student, was brutally killed in August this year,” the report said.
“Her body was found dismembered near a dumping site in East London. Her boyfriend, Alutha Pasile, confessed to her gruesome murder.”
As widely reported, Pasile is believed to have taken Mtebeni’s life after he had discovered that she was cheating on him with another secret lover.
NOSICELO MTEBENI MURDER: ALUTHA PASILE PLEADS GUILTY
As the trial was set to kick off at the East London high court, the accused announced he is responsible for murdering and dismembering his girlfriend.
Nosicelo Mtebeni was killed by Pasile in August 2021. Mtebeni, who was a law student at the University of Fort Hare, was found in a suitcase and bag in East London’s Quigney.
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA
According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), one in five (21%) partnered women has experienced physical
violence by a partner.
“Women who are divorced or separated were more likely than other women to have experienced physical violence or sexual violence,” Stats SA said.
“The prevalence of physical violence was greater among less-educated women than those with secondary education or higher.
The Eastern Cape’s stats for physical violence stands out as the highest in the nation, while KwaZulu Natal reflects the least figures.
Here are the figures by province:
- Eastern Cape: 31.6 %
- North West: 29.4 %
- Mpumalanga: 26.4%
- Free State: 21.4%
- Western Cape: 21.2%
- Northern Cape: 18.7%
- Gauteng: 17.7%
- Limpopo: 14.4 %
- KwaZulu Natal: 13.3 %.
