Murder convict dodges hangman's knot

Monday, February 15, 2021

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A 34-year-old murder convict, Tonderai Kakamba who was condemned to death for killing his five-month-old baby, breathed a sigh of relief as the Court of Appeal (CoA) in Gaborone overturned his judgement last week.

Kakamba was sentenced to death on November 5, 2020, after the trial court found him guilty of killing his child.

It is said the accused killed his daughter by slitting her throat back in 2015, following a quarrel with the mother of the child. Kakamba will now serve 22 years behind bars for the baby’s brutal murder, with the sentence backdated to the time he was first put behind bars.

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Murder convict dodges hangman's knot

A 34-year-old murder convict, Tonderai Kakamba who was condemned to death for killing his five-month-old baby, breathed a sigh of relief as the Court of Appeal (CoA) in Gaborone overturned his judgement last week.