Was she battered? Manqele to use Flabba messages to prove abuse

Johannesburg - Sindisiwe Manqele will rely on a series of apologetic messages she received from her lover, Nkululeko “Flabba” Habedi, to back her claim that she killed him in self-defence, City Press reports.

City Press has learnt that key pieces of evidence to be introduced at her trial include a series of “communications” that appear to show Habedi was abusive towards the 26-year-old woman who allegedly stabbed him to death two weeks ago.

“I’m sorry, I have messed up,” reads one of the messages Habedi sent to his girlfriend in the months before he was stabbed to death.