Mzwinila brothers to be extradited next week

BAME PIET
Staff Writer | Thursday January 14, 2010 00:00

 

It is expected that the three will apply for bail during their appearance. However, the Botswana Police, through the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is also planning to make an application for their extradition to Botswana. 'We will make an application to the South African authorities to hand them over to us,' said senior superintendent Dipheko Motube of the Police public relations unit. The three men are suspects in a case in which they allegedly broke into Home Corp Furniture in Gaborone on the night of December 15, 2009. It is said that the three were in the company of Elizabeth Surtee and Happy Charumbwana when they broke into the shop escaping with goods worth over P230,000.

The three men were caught in South Africa in possession of play stations (TV games) worth P44,000 whilst other goods were recovered in Botswana. The Extension Two Magistrates Court last week granted bail to Surtee but locked Charumbwana behind bars on grounds that he might interfere with police investigations.

The five will together face a charge of shop break-in and theft, which carries a minimum prison term of three years and maximum of seven years with corporal punishment.