'I did not want to kill Flabba'
"I didn't want to kill him. I wanted to get away from him." So said Sindisiwe Manqele‚ 26‚ the woman accused of murdering her rapper boyfriend Nkululeko "Flabba" Habedi. Habedi‚ 37‚ died of a stab wound to the chest on March 9 in his Alexandra‚ Johannesburg‚ home.Manqele has pleaded not guilty to the charge and has said she stabbed Habedi in self-defence.Testifying for a third day in her own defence in the Johannesburg High Court sitting at the Randburg Magistrate's Court‚ Manqele said while she and Habedi were arguing in his bedroom‚ she heard noises outside the door.Asked if she intentionally killed Habedi‚ she said: "I did not want to kill him. I wanted to get away from him."I didn't want him to be in that position (lifeless on the floor)."The trial continues. - TMG Courts and Law..
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