Gardee family hopeful of more arrests as suspects line up in court
The family of Hillary Gardee are hopeful that justice will be served for
the slain 28-year-old woman as the country awaits their first court appearance.
Police arrested a 39-year-old man in Schoemansdal on the eve of Gardee's funeral on Friday.
Another two men were apprehended in Nelspruit this past weekend.
"We are hopeful that, as they are leading with more investigations, more arrests can be bring justice and peace in this brutal murder,” says family spokesperson Sinawo Thambo.
The trio will line up in court in on Monday.
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Gardee, who was the daughter of the EFF's former secretary-general and attorney Godrich Gardee, went missing for four days before her battered body was found last week.
She was shot and stabbed.
EFF spokesperson Leigh-Ann Mathys says the party’s leaders will join the Gardee family in court.
"All the accused must be denied bail as they are collectively and undeniably a flight risk. If we want to send a strong message againast the brutal abuse and harrassment and killing of women in this country, the appearence of the accused in this heinous crime must be used as an opportunity to show unity of society against gender-based violence.”
