How BDF Soldier 'Shot Love Rival'

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FRANCISTOWN: Harrowing details of how a former Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldier allegedly shot and killed his love rival in 2011 were revealed in court on Thursday.

The events involved Prince Molathwa who allegedly murdered Mosireletsi Ricardo Ramokgothwane at a Canon Store at Light Industrial Site in Francistown on May 18, 2011.

Superintendent Thomas Letebele of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) told the court that he came to know Molathwa after Ramokgothwane was gunned down in 2011.

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