Goitsemodimo Setume who is unemployed was found guilty of assaulting his girlfriend, Keneilwe Gabareke and threatening to kill her at Monarch in January 2012. Setume is said to have beaten his girlfriend with fists and kicked her, injuring her right eye. His defence was that he did so after the woman, who was carrying his child had told him that she had aborted the pregnancy. In sentencing, the magistrate considered the fact that Setume did not waste the courts time by admitting the offence.
"We have considered that you have saved this court's precious time by pleading guilty to the charge," said the magistrate. He added that he did not take into account Setume's 2004 conviction for common assault but considered the reasons he gave for beating up his girlfriend. He said the girlfriend had provoked Setume by confessing to abortion and this made him angry. In addition, the accused told the court that he was drunk during the time of the crime.
