Convicted killer escapes with lesser charge

Poelo Kebonang, convicted of murder in 2011 was given a lesser charge by the Court of Appeal (CoA) following his appeal on the argument that the trial court did not prove he had any intention to kill the deceased.

The ground of appeal was that the state did not prove any malice.  He was accused of killing the husband of Bico Vinolia Tshegetsi, an employee of Botswana Unified Revenue Services (BURS) in 2007 while trying to rob the couple of their mobile phones.