Additional four years for inmate doing 20 years

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JWANENG: Tshepiso Kebaswele, 34, who is currently serving a 20 year long jail sentence for double robbery, was left in shock when Magistrate Basetsana Keakantse gave him a further four years for entering a house with the intention to steal.

Passing sentence yesterday Keakantse said that a deterring sentence will be suitable for the accused as offences similar to his are alarming in Jwaneng ministerial. She considered the sentence crucial mainly for the purpose of remoulding the accused.

The magistrate however said that the case has been pending before court for an unreasonably long time and, had the matter been attended and finished on time, the accused would have been a first offender at the time, considering that other offences were committed after.

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