Slain Ramantosha Family Home Auction Flops
Pini Bothoko | Monday March 2, 2020 15:56
The Monitor has gathered that despite a number of people having had shown interest, the auction failed to attract any bids and the property was passed on.
However, this publication has also learnt that another auction in an attempt to sell the home would be advertised. The home of the slain Ramantosha family is a walled piece of land with developments, being a three bed-roomed house with a kitchen, sitting room, two separate two rooms, a thatched one-room and a storeroom.
Tebogo Ramantosha, who is charged with the triple murder of his parents and younger brother, had used his family home as security for a loan. The Monitor has gathered that Tebogo failed to repay the loan he had taken from Lanny Holdings (Pty) Ltd trading as Mortgage Botswana being the plaintiff in the matter.
Tebogo, 29, is said to have obtained a P300,000 loan, but it was not clear how he managed to have the family property in his name for the collateral. Several attempts for Tebogo to repay the loan hit a snag and Mortgage Botswana went ahead and attached the family home in order to recover the money, as it was used as security.
On June 22, 2018, Patrick Ramantosha, 55, his wife Boingotlo Fridah Ramantosha, 47, and their son Keabetswe Ramantosha, 22, were found dead with their hands and legs tied up and their mouths gagged at Ntloelengwae ward in Molepolole.
Then, three days after his family’s burial, Tebogo absconded from home for a month after the police told him that they would get in contact with him to clarify a few things.
Whilst the Ramantosha family were mourning their loved ones a month later, they had the shock of their lives when they learnt that the deceased’s surviving son (Tebogo) was one of the suspects arrested for the family’s triple murder. With the triple murder case still hanging over his head, Tebogo now stands to lose the family home over failure to pay off his mounting debts.
Tebogo is charged along with Mmoloki Tlhaelo, Poloko Segwagwa, and Cornelious Saidoo for the triple murder. The case is currently ongoing at the Molepolole Magistrate’s Court. In October 2018 Tebogo was released on P5,000 bail by the Gaborone High Court.