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Ex-cop gets death penalty for wife's murder

Monday, June 27, 2022 | 5080 Views |

FRANCISTOWN: A former cop turned laboratory technician, Mogomotsi Legae, was sentenced to the gallows on Friday for murdering his wife six years ago.

Justice Bengbame Sechele condemned Legae, 41, to death for brutally killing Olerato Legae, a meteorological services worker in Letlhakane, on July 13, 2016.

Before passing the ultimate penalty, Justice Sechele said there were no exceptional extenuating circumstances that could have saved Legae from the gallows.

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