�A good, obedient boy�

Friday, May 27, 2016

Patrick Gabaakanye under heavy security at High Court of Appeal.PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

His family vows that Patrick Gabaakanye was a good, obedient child who went wrong. Villagers in Kweneng know him as ‘Raselepe’, the terror who axed his way through a decade of fear. Others know him as ‘Khadi’ a nickname for his alcoholism. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI, profiles the 57-year-old man executed on Wednesday

On Tuesday this week, Patrick Gabaakanye received a message. Since July 2014, Gabaakanye had spent his time alone at the Gaborone Central Prison, separated from other prisoners. The 57-year-old no doubt had been waiting and expecting this moment.

His family, too poor to travel, had not visited.

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