Child rape, murder accused to know fate soon

Child rape, murder accused to know fate soon
Child rape, murder accused to know fate soon

FRANCISTOWN: Judgement in the case in which a former Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB) employee, Motlatsi Khoto, 48, allegedly raped and murdered Metlha Sibanda, 9, on January 17, 2017, will finally be delivered on April 22.

Khoto, an ex-aircraft marshall at the State-owned entity, allegedly committed the offences at Nyamambisi River in Marobela village after his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Unami Sibanda, went sour.

Unami is Metlha’s mother.

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