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Convicted armed robber fails to ‘escape’ jail

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 | 830 Views |

Lobatse High Court. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

LOBATSE: Convicted armed robber Bokani Khupe will serve the rest of his sentence in prison after efforts to break free using technicalities hit a snag.

Khupe was convicted of house-breaking, stealing from a dwelling house, robbery, and theft of a motor vehicle, and sentenced to 10 years behind bars.

According to court documents, on or about October 27, 2017, at Pitikwe Township in Lobatse, Bokani Khupe and Godknows Ncube broke into a dwelling house of Charles Kabomo. The duo stole some items, and those recovered were a Sony radio with four speakers, a clipper set, a pink school bag, and a pair of blue Nike trainers.

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