Boy hangs himself after a quarrel

Boniface Keakabetse | Monday February 16, 2015 15:00

The boy allegedly hanged himself with a rope following a misunderstanding with his aunt who was angry at him for putting on her boyfriend’s shoes.

The aunt allegedly lashed him for putting on her boyfriend’s shoes. Gumare Police station commander Phillip Lopang confirmed the suicide case but  would not say if  the quarrel was over shoes.

Meanwhile Four young men of Maun aged between 17 and 18 appeared before the magistrate’s court for rape and armed robbery in Maun. The quartet are accused of robbing a villager  of P 280, 00 , a cell phone and raping a 15 year old boarding student.

The  accused  include a 17 year old minor,  Willie Tjihumino (19), Ueriuruka Maoveka (18 and George Hambira (18). According to the charge, on 1 February the  four men at phase two ward in the fishing village of Sehitwa, whilst armed with a knife robbed Getty Hikuama a Nokia 1280 cell phone valuing P 280, 00.

The four men then allegedly thereafter proceeded to  Ngami Junior Secondary School’s girls hostels where they raped  a 15 year old boarding student. They are also facing another charge of attempted rape in which the state alleges that on the same day the accused  attempted to rape another 15 year old female boarding student at the school.

The minor, Tjihumino, Maoveka who are all out on bail appeared briefly before Maun Principal Magistrate Mompati Taolo, but  the fourth accused person George Hambira is reportedly on the run while a warrant of arrest has been issued for his arrest.