Judgment set in slain Fairground CEO case
Monday, June 19, 2023 | 350 Views |
Michael Montshiwa
Gaborone High Court judge, Justice Zein Kebonang announced last Friday when the matter was called for final submissions that after an eight-year wait, he will deliver his judgment.
The defence closed its case in March after calling only one witness, with David Modise as the accused in the case. The State had called 26 witnesses in its quest to prove that Modise, a lawyer by profession, had killed his then-client and friend, Montshiwa.
With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...