Killer blames Mugabe for his troubles
Monday, September 28, 2015
This emerged when counsel, Reneetswe Rabosotho, gave extenuating circumstances that may have led Maphorisa to kill Vivian Monedi Moyo, 79, and steal clothes from his home in Block 5 here in 2007. Rabosotho said that without trivialising the seriousness of the offence, the accused committed the offence when he was 23-years-old.
“We submit that he was quite youthful and youthfulness exuberance may have had a bearing in his thinking. We also submit that in this case there is no clear evidence as to what caused the death of the deceased and subsequent stealing of clothes at Moyo’s yard,” Rabosotho submitted adding that the offence was not premeditated.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...