Killer soldier should be detained at president�s pleasure

Ndjavera has been found to be mentally unsound
Ndjavera has been found to be mentally unsound

FRANCISTOWN: A mentally unsound Botswana Defence Force (BDF) private who brutally killed his two young children may be detained at the pleasure of the president at a safe mental facility or in jail.

Both the defence and prosecution attorneys in the matter pleaded with the court to depart from the normal practice of sending accused persons to jail but should instead send Thebe Ndjavera, 26, to a mental facility so that he can rehabilitate.

In 2013, Ndjavera killed his two young children aged two and four at Somerset East location. Neighbours found the children in a pool of blood after Ndjavera killed them.

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