‘Insurance killer’ pleads not guilty :: Mmegi Online

Trial has begun in a case in which Thato Tsametse has been charged with murder of his teenage cousin back in March 2018 allegedly for insurance claims valued at P50,000.00. Despite the fact that Tsametse had reportedly got him arrested by sharing his story with traditional healers who then reported him to the Police, he has pleaded not guilty.

The trial began before Lobatse High Court’s Justice Modiri Letsididi with at least 10 State witnesses. Amongst those who gave evidence was popular traditional healer Kamogelo Keitholetse also known as Rabeisane. He together with his nephew and fellow medicine man Lemogang Rukuyo told court of how visibly distraught Tsametse was when he came to seek to be cleansed for claiming human life.

Though theRE were some clashes in their statements, the duo told court that Tsametse sought their services for the first time and went back as he had paid only P1000 of the required P1500 according to Keitholetse or P1600 according to Rukuyo. He would then come back again a week later only for them to call the police on him while he was still taking a bath they prepared for him.

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