Habitual criminal gets seven years for stock-theft

Yesterday, Moguni jailed Mathata Mogotsi who was charged with Modibedi Setlhage, saying that he was not remorseful during trial. Setlhage was given five years for the offence, which they committed in 2008 because he was a first offender.

Mogotsi on the other hand has five previous convictions with three of them involving stock theft. In 1995, he was convicted of stock theft by Shoshong Customary Court and jailed for two years. Upon his release in 1996, he was tried and convicted of killing an animal with intent to steal by Bonwapitse Customary Court. He served a year in jail.