Dangerous rapist, robber jailed for 37 years

Judge Zibani Makhwade
Judge Zibani Makhwade

FRANCISTOWN: "There is no doubt you are an extremely dangerous person particularly to women and you also have total contempt to other people's rights. You deserve to be put out of circulation for a long period of time," Justice Zibani Makhwade recently lambasted a rape, burglary and robbery convict when sentencing him.

Assault common, rape (three counts) and robbery convict Godiraone Bofitile will rue the day he approached court to appeal that the court did not take into account the period he spent in prison prior to his conviction and that the sentences passed on February 2015 should have been made to run concurrently or partly with sentences passed on July 17, 2015. 

Bofitile, also known as Ndire, was sentenced to six months, 10 years (for the three counts of rape) and 12 years for robbery, respectively in jail. 

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