Ex-BDF Soldier Gets 10 Years In The Slammer

Ex-BDF Soldier Gets 10 Years In The Slammer
Ex-BDF Soldier Gets 10 Years In The Slammer

FRANCISTOWN: A former Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldier who killed a man for having an affair with his wife has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for murder.

Justice Barnabas Nyamadzabo sentenced convict Prince Molathwa for gunning down Mosireletsi Ricardo Ramokgothwane on May 18, 2011 at or near Canon Store at Light Industrial Site in Francistown. Also, Molathwa was fined P250 for unlawful possession of a firearm that he used when he opened fire on Ramokgothwane.

In default of payment, Nyamadzabo made an order that Molathwa should be imprisoned for six months, which sentence should run concurrently with his murder sentence.

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