Kgowe gets maximum sentence for drug possession

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Simon Badisa Kgowe PIC. MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Decapitation murder suspect, Simon Badisa Kgowe, 38, will serve seven years in jail after Broadhurst magistrate Gaseitsiwe Tonoki convicted him of unlawful possession of cannabis and methcaninone.

Kgowe, who was found guilty on the two counts he was facing, has been fined P1,000 plus a three-year jail term for possession of cannabis and four years plus P4,000 for possession of methcaninone.

If he fails to pay the fine he will get a further three-year jail term.

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Kgowe gets maximum sentence for drug possession

Decapitation murder suspect, Simon Badisa Kgowe, 38, will serve seven years in jail after Broadhurst magistrate Gaseitsiwe Tonoki convicted him of unlawful possession of cannabis and methcaninone.

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