Brothers square up in court

The Monday court session was convened at the Tonota police station at the behest of Francistown's acting chief magistrate Lorraine Makati-Lesang, in order to be close to the exhibits, goats and sheep, which had been en-kraaled at the station. In the dock, which slowly turned into a pressure cooker, were look-alike brothers Baatshwana Madala Fani and Kitso Fani, their stepbrother Daniel Peter and a friend, Christopher "Nchi" Dihutso.

The quartet are facing charges of stealing goats and sheep for sale to a middleman who in turn sold them to butcheries.