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Student begged gang-rape killers to let her go if she said yes to sex

A student who was brutally gang raped then killed while giving a friend a lift home had tried to bargain with her killers to let her go if she agreed to sex, a court heard.

Hannah Cornelius, 21, was ambushed and carjacked by the men while dropping her friend Cheslin Marsh, 22, at his home in Stellenbosch, Cape Town after a night out in May.

The men allegedly robbed and assaulted the pair, leaving Cheslin for dead, before raping then killing Hannah. Read the full story here ▶