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Filicide triple 'murderer' finally arraigned

WhatsApp Image 2024-07-25 at 16.39.34
WhatsApp Image 2024-07-25 at 16.39.34

FRANCISTOWN: A 40-year-old gardener accusing of murdering his three sons Boikanyo France was finally arraigned before Francistown Magistrate court today after eight straight days on the run.

France is charged with three counts of murder and one count of unlawful wounding. According to the charge sheet, on or about July 17, 2024 at or near Mmoroso ward in Tatisiding village in the North East France murdered his sons.

The charge sheet alleges that after France allegedly gruesomely murdered his children, he unlawfully wounded his mother by stabbing her with a knife. Prosecutor Moffat Dick applied for plea to be reserved in the matter because the accused was just arrested yesterday at night around 8pm.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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