No foul play as 87-year-old kills wife

Correspondent | Thursday June 5, 2014 09:11

He said the incident took place as the old couple walked from one field to another. “They were travelling from one field to the other when they decided to rest under a tree. The old man apparently rested the gun against the tree and when he lifted it up, it accidentally discharged, clearing the chamber and a bullet hitting the 80-year-old woman on the waist, before travelling upwards. She died instantly,” he explained.

Mbulawa said the elderly man later handed himself over to police and confessed that he had shot his wife.  “Our preliminary investigations have revealed that the man accidentally killed his wife but we are yet to forward the case file to the relevant authorities for further review,” Mbulawa said.“I call upon Batswana to be extra careful when handling guns as they can accidentally discharge any time especially when the chamber is loaded.

A gun should always be held with the barrel upwards in case the chamber discharges itself,” he warned. Meanwhile, Tsabong police have wrapped up investigations into the death of Daniel Cooper, who was allegedly stabbed last October by one Moemedi Maruping in the village.

Inspector Berman July, told Mmegi that a murder docket on the matter has been handed over to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions. Police say Maruping stabbed Cooper to death with a sharp instrument, believed to be a knife on the night of October 11, 2013. 

In another case in Tsabong, the Magistrate Court, has sentenced Neo Kuruthu (26) of Maleshe, to two years imprisonment for unlawful wounding. Kuruthu was convicted of wounding Kesego Makompo by stabbing her on the stomach and causing severe wounds in an October 2013 incident.

In the same court, two men from Rappelspan, John Vissagie and Brend Matthys, appeared to face charges of stealing and exporting a cow belonging to one Frederick Vilander. The two are alleged to have stolen the beast at Point V2 near Struizendam in August 2011.