Joburg Man, Flavio Hlabangwane Accused of Dismembering His Girlfriend Says He Planned To Kill Her

• A Gauteng man who confessed to murdering his girlfriend and dismembering her body before freezing the parts has shared more gory details
• Flavio Hlabangwane said he planned to kill Tshepang Pitse after discovering she was cheating on him
• He said he had the plan in motion for a while and even started googling about ways to kill someone

JOHANNESBURG - Murder accused Flavio Hlabangwane has shared more details of what was going through his mind while planning to kill his girlfriend Tshepang Pitse.

Hlabangane who pleaded guilty to premeditated murder said he started planning to kill Pitse after finding that she was cheating on him.

According to SowetanLIVE, Hlabangwane admitted that he plotted to murder his girlfriend and killing, dismembering and disposing of the body parts happened between 1 and 13 November.

"She was cheating on me, we tried to resolve the issue but I could not forgive her, we could not resolve the matter. She had asked that we try and fix our relationship. It was during this period that I started contemplating killing her."

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TimesLIVE noted that Hlabangwane said he had done some research on the internet on how to take someone's life. He then admitted that he used Tshepang's bank card without her permission and that set his plan in motion.

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In other news, Briefly News previously reported that the man accused of torching parts of the National Assembly failed to appear in court for the third time, leaving many utterly annoyed.

Arsonist accused Zandile Mafe was expected to appear in the Western Cape High Court on Friday, January 27, for pre-trial proceedings. He allegedly refused to leave his cell at Pollsmoor Prison ahead of his expected appearance.

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Prosecutor Mervyn Menigo told News24 that Mafe did not make it to the reception area to be loaded onto the prison truck. He added that the head of the prison also tried to talk him into going to court.

Mafe is expected to be referred for a psychiatric evaluation again. On two other occasions, he refused to go to court once by lying on the floor of his cell and another time, demanded a kettle and other items before his appearance.

Source: Briefly News