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Girlfriend’s murder over P200 earns man 18-year jail term

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Lobatse High Court's Justice Michael Motlhabi has sentenced Modiri Thelo to 18 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, Goitseone Sebetso.

The killing followed a fight in which the accused wanted to recover the P200 he had given to the deceased. Thelo was also slapped with five years behind bars for assault occasioning actual bodily harm on Sebetso’s aunt, Janeup Sebetso. The two sentences will run concurrently. Thelo had pleaded guilty to the two charges and the court convicted him accordingly. He would then motivate submissions on extenuation through his attorney Enock Mazonde.

When delivering the sentence, Motlhabi said the court undertook a searching exercise and from the admitted facts came up with the following:

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Girlfriend’s murder over P200 earns man 18-year jail term

Lobatse High Court's Justice Michael Motlhabi has sentenced Modiri Thelo to 18 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, Goitseone Sebetso.

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