Miner on trial for killing teacher

FRANCISTOWN: A case involving a lover who hacked his mistress to death with an axe after being jilted in Selebi Phikwe three years ago is continuing at the High Court before Justice, Zibani Makhwade.

The accused, Sam Sethume, a BCL employee, is facing one count of murder. The indictment alleges that on 31 January 2006 at Tlhabololo Primary School (TPS) in Selebi Phikwe he murdered Dineo Nare.

It is the prosecutions case that Sethumo had an extramarital affair with the deceased Nare, a teacher at TPS.

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