Masilo to appeal �hate� sentence
Monday, January 12, 2015
![Kgosietsile Ngakaagae and Thabo Masilo confer during court recess. PIC KAGISO ONKATSWITSE](https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.mmegi.bw/uploads/imported_images/2015/january/12/php5925.tmp.jpg&w=400&q=72&f=jpg&t=1)
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae and Thabo Masilo confer during court recess. PIC KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Ngakaagae, speaking immediately on Friday after Masilo was slapped with a 13-year prison sentence for robbery and indecent assault, said an appeal was in the cards.
He said they have had little faith in the trial magistrate since the beginning of the trial. “We are definitely looking at the prospects of the case and we will be appealing both the conviction and the sentence.”
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