Darren and Ferrel Govender at the Durban High Court.
A STATE witness broke down as she recounted the harrowing condition in which she found her friend Salona Ramrutton/Kisten at a hospital on December 22, 2024, following an alleged assault by former security boss Ferrel Govender.
“She was bruised all over her body — her legs, her hands, and her back. Her face was three times its normal size,” the witness testified in the Durban High Court on Tuesday, before becoming visibly emotional
The witness, whose identity cannot be disclosed for security reasons, told the court that she had opposed any attempt by the couple to reconcile because she believed her best friend, Ramrutton/Kisten, had been subjected to ongoing physical abuse by Govender.
Ramrutton/Kisten is at the centre of an alleged love triangle involving Govender and Durban businessman Shailen Singh. The State alleges that after discovering the alleged affair, Govender and his younger brother, Darren, shot Singh dead in Umhlanga on December 29, 2024.
