Man gets 18 years for girlfriend murder :: Mmegi Online

FRANCISTOWN: The State and society are in a middle of a Gender Based Violence (GBV) war that the courts could not afford to ignore because of its debilitating effects on the society, said Justice Phadi Solomon. This war, Solomon added, therefore, enjoins the courts to pass sentences that will act as deterrents against GBV. Justice Solomon said on Wednesday when passing sentence against Lameck Amos, 31, for murdering his girlfriend Keamogetswe Kay Moleele with a Okapi knife on September 8, 2015 near Segwana (Kgalagadi Breweries Limited) depot in Francistown.

Solomon said in her considered view, there were exceptional extenuating circumstances in the matter. In mitigation, Solomon agreed with the defence that there were mitigatory factors that enjoined her not to pass the maximum sentence of capital punishment.

The accused, Solomon noted, was a first offender which factor enjoined the court to not send him to jail for a longer period.

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