Woman, 37, accused of concealing birth

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SELEBI-PHIKWE: A 37-year-old woman, Antoinette Chendzimo Makopola of Block 3 location in Francistown appeared before Chief Magistrate Kamogelo Mmesi on Monday, on a single count of concealment of birth.

The court heard that the accused person between August 28 and 29, 2016 at or near Sese Quarantine Camp delivered a child and secretly disposed of the baby to conceal the birth.

The accused pleaded guilty to the offence. Mmesi adjourned the matter to September 7, 2017 for fact-finding. Still in court, in a separate case 28-year-old Ookeditse Matamatso, who is facing two counts of threat-to-kill and assault, pleaded with the court to grant him bail.

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