Man gets seven years for manslaughter

High court judge Justice Modiri Letsididi said while he took into account the mitigation by defence attorney Miriro Furusa a minimum sentence of seven years was appropriate other than a discharge.  The judge stated that he accepted that Unopa Baki, 19, was a youthful first offender and that this may have contributed to the offence.

Letsididi said it was also his finding that the deceased had contributed to his death by assaulting the convict who never provoked him. However the judge stated, "The aggravating factor is that the life of another man has been lost in your hands."