Court frees Kgosikwena

"Jehofa modimo o galalelang sedi la ditshaba," Sebele said after judges freed him on Friday.Family members who thronged court, held a short prayer session outside the court to thank God for Sebele's release. Justice Lot Moroka granted Sebele leave to appeal in 2011 after he was slapped with a four-year jail term by the Molepolole Magistrate Court in February 2010 for stealing a billy goat belonging to Mhiko Gabatlale of Sojwe in 2009. Justice Ian Kirby dismissed his first appeal and added a year on his sentence.

The CoA said on Friday that in all the circumstances, the guilt of Sebele was not proved beyond reasonable doubt.CoA judges added that they were not satisfied that the state proved beyond reasonable doubt that the claim of right held by Sebele changed into a fraudulent intention to appropriate the billy goat. The court stressed that there was danger of mistaken identity by witnesses of both the state and the defence, saying as such the conviction was not safe.