Married mistress' murderer gets 20-year jail term

Tuesday, September 13, 2022 | 8910 Views |

The man from Tutume will spend 20 years in jail

FRANCISTOWN: High Court judge, Lot Moroka sent a Tutume man of Magapatona ward behind bars for 20 years on Tuesday for the murder of his married paramour.

Tshepo Matlhape will serve his two-decade jail term following his conviction for the murder of Kebalepile Motlanye on November 6, 2016, in Tutume in an event which left the Magapatona community shocked.

Passing the sentence, Moroka said Matlhape’s actions cannot be justified under any circumstances adding that there were, however, exceptional extenuating circumstances that warranted the court not to pass the ultimate sentence of death.

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