Choppies robbery accused apply for bail

The trio, Mogomotsi Thupane, Aaron Sanana and Thato Moatshe are accused of robbing Choppies Supermarket along Haskins Street money amounting to P181, 180,35 armed with a pistol and a knife. During the heist, the State alleges that the accused also stole Botswana Telecommunications (BTC) Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards worth P80 and Mascom SIM cards worth P80.

In the second count, the accused are charged with malicious damage to property. The particulars of the offence are that the accused destroyed two doors valued at P4,000 belonging to Choppies still on August 1.