Court hears murder and pirating cases

KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent | Friday October 8, 2010 00:00

According to Prosecutor, Goitseone Archie Makgoa, the Zimbabwean man crossed the Ramokgwebana  border into the country carrying with him 44 CDs and 15 DVDs which, according to Makgoa, were not declared to the BURS.

Makgoa said Section 35 of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, states that such goods needs to be declared when one enters the country.

'On the 27 September the police saw the Zimbabwean man selling a CD to an individual at Continental Filling Station in Francistown and inquired if he was displaying counterfeit CDs ,' Makgoa said. The man was today brought before the magistrate who fined him P600 for displaying counterfeit goods and P400 for failure to declare goods at the BURS.

In another matter brought before the Francistown magistrate yesterday, the Kasane police are investigating the matter in which Phillip Oroyaobe (24) is accused of the murder of Joseph Machira (22).

Prosecutor, Sub-Inspector Christopher Phiri, said that the two young men were friends.

He said they had an argument 2 September and Oroyaobe allegedly stabbed Machira with a broken bottle.He said Machira was declared dead on arrival at the Kasane Primary Hospital. Sub-Inspector Phiri said that the corpse is still at the morgue whilst investigations are ongoing.