Mother breaks door open to save daughter from fire

FRANCISTOWN: A mother has told of how she had to break down the door of a hut to save her daughter from being burnt alive, in an attempted murder and arson case before the courts.

 The mother, Lucky Moseki told the court that she had to use an axe to chop down the door, which had been tied with wire, as the hut was being consumed by fire as she tried to save her daughter Besi Moseki.

Moseki is a witness in the attempted murder and arson case that occurred in Dibete in February 2008. Moseki told the court that on the night in question she was sleeping outside with her grandchildren while her daughter was sleeping in the hut. She said that moments before the house burst into flames she had seen the accused, Patrick Shima Ramagala, in her yard.

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