Blind Sex Offender Pleads For Release

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LOBATSE: A sex offender serving 20 years in jail for molesting three girls who were under his custody is pleading for release because he has gone blind while in prison. On Thursday, 43-year-old Janenyana Kgomotso of Mabule appealed sentence before Justice Godfrey Radijeng of the Lobatse High Court.

Currently serving his 20-year sentence at Boys prison in Gaborone, Kgomotso was convicted and sentenced by Kanye chief magistrate, Janet Phosa in April 2013 after finding him guilty of sexually molesting three girls, who were under his custody between 2010 and 2012.

Kgomotso wants the high court to consider an alternative sentence. In his submissions the offender said his health conditions and unavailability of resources to cater for blind inmates at prison have driven him to appeal the sentence as he is having it hard to survive in harsh prison conditions.

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