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Girlfriend appears in court for boyfriend's alleged fatal stabbing

Kelebelle Babantsho.PIC: LARONA MAKHAIZA
Kelebelle Babantsho.PIC: LARONA MAKHAIZA

A 28-year-old woman is in deep waters as she has been slapped with a single count of murder after the alleged fatal stabbing her boyfriend last Friday at Old Naledi in Gaborone.

Appearing for an arraignment today before the Extension II Magistrates' Court, it is alleged that Kelebelle Babantsho fatally stabbed her boyfriend after an altercation with him.

The slain boyfriend, Maatla Merekeng, was pronounced dead after arrival when he was rushed to hospital for medical attenttion.

Editor's Comment
Violence doesn't solve anything!

Our weekly edition carries painful articles of people being murdered. Whilst some are classified as Gender Based Violence (GBV), there are still a large percentage of murder cases, which often happen at drinking spots, after people are heavily intoxicated. We have in the past carried articles where an individual was murdered because they refused to give someone a cigarette, and sadly this is where we are at now!In this very edition, there is an...

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