Will Death Row Hit Men Escape The Hangman�s Noose?

Mpho Mokwape | Monday June 27, 2016 15:24

 

The duo, who hail from Ntlhantlhe in the Southern District, were sentenced to death by Lobatse High Court Judge Michael Leburu despite pronouncement by Judge Tshepo Motswagole that death penalty was unconstitutional.

Leburu had interpreted Section 203 of the penal code differently after Motswagole had argued, in sentencing a murder convict, that it contravened several sections of the constitution hence rendering the death penalty unconstitutional.

Evidence led showed that the duo were hired by their co-accused, Agisanyang Motukwa, 34, to kill his father whom he believed to be bewitching him. It is however, believed that Motukwa had his father killed for insurance money. He is set to appeal his 25-year sentence.

Motukwa, who in 2008 left many in shock when he was accused of hiring two hit man to kill his father after believing he was bewitching him, was in January given a chance to put his house in order after he alleged that the record of proceedings he got from the High Court was incomplete.

He said the record did not show most of the proceedings, especially the one between him and the first state witness therefore he was not happy with it. Furthermore he complained that there was communication breakdown between him and his lawyer at the time, which was not also recorded in the records despite having raised it several times in court.