Intoxicated Son Murders Stepfather

Alcohol PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Alcohol PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

FRANCISTOWN: When Onkabetse Ditshenyo went on a rampage under the influence of alcohol, he momentarily forgot the maxim that 'crime doesn’t pay'.

However, recently, Ditshenyo learnt that karma has a way of catching up with disastrous consequences. Ditshenyo simultaneously looked puzzled and remorseful after a verdict of 'guilty' was passed against him for the 2017 murder of his mother’s live-in partner, Odidimetse Radipotsane in Basimane ward in Serowe. When delivering judgment, Justice Lot Moroka, said evidence shows that Ditshenyo went on a rampage when he committed the offence. “The accused first attacked Olebogeng Ntshontsho and attempted to rape her. He took her cellphone and as she screamed, the accused’s sister Oratile Nnanako tried to assist Ntshontsho.

The accused then attacked his sister after Ntshontsho escaped. He pelted his sister with stones until his sister ran away from home. Hearing commotion that sounded like the throw of stones outside, the accused’s mother told others who were within her compound that they should seek refuge inside. However, the deceased did not heed the advice of the accused’s mother and chose to remain outside,” Moroka said.

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