Fraternal concern motivates 'noble' witness

PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer | Tuesday November 6, 2007 00:00

Noble Webber, who is serving time at Francistown Maximum Prison for a different matter, was in court as a witness for his brother Kenny Webber, who was answering charges of a stolen vehicle.

Kenny is also serving time at Francistown Maximum. The prosecutor Sub-Inspector Dick Busang said the two brothers had manufactured the story while in prison.

'Since your brother was arrested in February 2005, he never mentioned you until you went to prison. (But) out of nowhere, two years later, you come into the picture and try to rescue him,' Busang said.

'You just came here to confuse the court. This is a story that you and your brother cooked up while you were in prison as you knew nothing about this matter from the beginning.

'That is why you do not have answers to some of the questions because he (Kenny) forgot to tell you some things.'

But Kenny proved difficult to break under cross examination, betraying little agitation other than fraternal concern for his brother: 'I'm trying to save my brother by telling the truth because I did not know that he was charged until about six months ago when he told me to come and sign bail papers for him,' he said, denying that his evidence was fabricated; the incident might have taken place in 1995, but he remembered it vividly.

'That (fabrication) is what you are thinking, but I know what I saw and my brother is not guilty,' Kenny insisted.

He said the property in question was brought to his house by a certain Mmoloki, who then asked his brother (Noble) to accompany him so he could go and sell a radio.

'I'm surprised how my brother became a suspect because the following morning I went back to Gaborone, only to be called a few months back to come bail him out,' he said.

His brother might be naughty, he told the court, but he is innocent in this instance.