Defence counsel takes magistrate to task

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The defence counsel to one of the five men accused of murder and armed robbery at a Gaborone North farm has challenged the admissibility of the confession statement from one of state witnesses as evidence in court.

Defence attorney Eddie Babuseng - who represents accused Patrick Gaile, one of the accused in the murder of security officer, Olebogeng Ramapulane, and assault of Chinese national, Liu Jian Hui on August 28, 2013 - gave magistrate Basetsana Keikantse an unpleasant stay in the witness box.

He argued that the accused was influenced by his emotions of fear to make a confession statement because the police had recently beaten and tortured him.

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