‘Husband slayer acted in cahoots with others’

Susan Manyathelo PIC: THE VOICE
Susan Manyathelo PIC: THE VOICE

FRANCISTOWN: There could be more than meets the eye in the case in which a secretary at the Attorney General's Chambers in Francistown allegedly murdered her husband.

The state is now of the assumption that 58-year-old Susan Manyathelo murdered her husband Peter Manyathelo, 68, between February 7 and 8, 2022, in Makobo village in the Central District of Botswana.

When Susan appeared in court for a bail hearing today, the prosecutor Goabaone Motlhagodi said that he did not want to belabour the issues that militate against the accused being granted bail.

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