THE family of Dilano Govender finally have some closure after his killer was found guilty in the Durban Magistrate’s Court last Wednesday.
In January 2019, Govender, then 19, from Bayview in Chatsworth, was shot during a family dispute.
Shortly after his death, Huzair Bux, 36, and Dilen Pillay, 29, turned themselves in to the police and handed over their guns.
Bux was Govender’s friend, and Pillay was the deceased’s cousin.
In April 2019, his maternal aunt, Valentine Pillay, was also arrested.
All three accused were charged with murder.
Bux was also charged with six counts of attempted murder and Pillay one count of attempted murder. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The trial began in November last year. The court heard that a day before the shooting, Govender’s…