Serial criminal gets death sentence

Friday, July 04, 2014

The High Court yesterday sentenced a 54-year-old man to death for the murder of a visually impaired septuagenarian at Ga-Mosusu Lands. Patrick Gabaakanye was also jailed for five years for unlawfully wounding the wife of the 74-year-old.

Gabaakanye who has a string of convictions dating as far back as 1986, was accused of attacking the couple in 2010 and stealing a radio and a cellphone, among other items. He had pleaded not guilty to both charges of murder and unlawful wounding.

But Justice Singh Walia of the Gaborone High Court found him guilty with no extenuating circumstances. That Gabaakanye had serious previous convictions did not help his defence.

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Serial criminal gets death sentence

The High Court yesterday sentenced a 54-year-old man to death for the murder of a visually impaired septuagenarian at Ga-Mosusu Lands. Patrick Gabaakanye was also jailed for five years for unlawfully wounding the wife of the 74-year-old.