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Confessed murderer, rapist pleads intoxication

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Makhura said that he murdered Bame Tebelelo, 14, under the influence of alcohol and dagga

FRANCISTOWN: A man who has pleaded guilty to raping and murdering his girlfriend's daughter because their love relationship was on the rocks has told the court that he was intoxicated when he committed the offences.

Addressing the court on extenuation circumstances and mitigation on Wednesday this week, Koolopile Makhura, 38, said that he murdered Bame Tebelelo, 14, under the influence of alcohol and dagga. Tebelelo was murdered on September 23, 2019 in Shashemooke village.

In his unsworn testimony before Justice Lot Moroka, Makhura stated that he worked for a number of tyre fixing businesses. He added that on September 23, 2019, he left his place of residence in Shashemooke to visit his friends still in the same village.

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