Triple Murderer Accused Gaddafi Denied Bail
Lebogang Mosikare | Monday April 1, 2019 14:40
Gaddafi applied for bail in connection with the alleged cold-blooded murders of Tobokani Khumba, 30, and Mbi Maswibilili.
He allegedly killed Khumba during the late hours of May 16, 2018 before he proceeded to kill Maswibilili on the same night or early hours of May 17 at Maitengwe village.
He allegedly killed Khumba for refusing to give him a cigarette. Maswibilili was Gaddafi’s aunt.
In 2017, Gaddafi is also alleged to have slain Margaret Mathowa, 42, on New Year’s Eve.
Gaddafi, who had a pending rape case before he murdered Mathowa, whom he allegedly dragged from a drinking spot in the early hours of the night on New Year’s Eve.
He is alleged to have thereafter brutally stabbed Mathowa repeatedly with a knife and then dragged her a few metres away from the murder scene where he buried her in a shallow grave.
When applying for bail before Moroka on Thursday, Gaddafi prayed with the court to grant him bail because he wanted to tie up some loose ends back home in Nkange. “My lord, I am innocent until proven otherwise in all the cases I am charged with,” he said.
Moroka instead told Gaddafi that he was a danger to society and as such he should not be granted bail. In response, Gaddafi shocked the court when he said that, “Prison is also a society but I have not done anything wrong in prison”.
Moroka answered: “You allegedly committed two murder offences whilst on bail. How are you related to the deceased? Who do you think is tying loose ends for the people you allegedly killed?”
Gaddafi responded: “One of them is my relative from my father’s side, but I am not related to the other one”. In the end Gaddafi’s bail application was unsuccessful as Moroka told Gaddafi that he was a danger to society.
“The laws of Botswana entitle everyone to liberty and freedom, but those rights can be curtailed if there are compelling reasons to do so like in your present situation. If you are granted bail, you may go on a killing spree again because you are a danger to society,” Moroka said. Gaddafi is yet to be committed to the High Court for trial(s).