Fly to hang

Friday, January 29, 2010

LOBATSE: The Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentence of Mokwadi Fly saying that there are no extenuating circumstances in his case.The judges said they went through the 800-page High Court record and the accused person's testimony but found no reason to quash the death sentence.

"We also took extreme caution to comb the evidence to check for exceptional extenuating circumstances but we found none.

We have confirmed the conviction of the trial judge and the death sentence is confirmed," the judges said. Fly has been convicted of killing his two year-old son in Francistown using an axe.

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Fly to hang

LOBATSE: The Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentence of Mokwadi Fly saying that there are no extenuating circumstances in his case.The judges said they went through the 800-page High Court record and the accused person's testimony but found no reason to quash the death sentence.