Death conviction of Molefe and Sampson quashed

They have already served half of this jail term since incarceration. In 2007, Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo convicted Michael Molefe, a South African national and Brandon Sampson of the murder of two Zimbabwean nationals in Mogoditshane more than 10 years ago.

The prosecution successfully argued that Molefe and Sampson believed Robert Ncube had killed Molefe's aunt in South Africa in the 1990s. The pair located Ncube and killed him as well as a visiting friend, Sam Hombarume.
However, a bench of three CoA judges, comprising Justice Neil McNally, Dr Seth Twum and Craig Foxcroft on Friday ruled that death sentences imposed on Molefe and Sampson be set aside on the basis of extenuating circumstances in each of the cases.