Murder convict appeals 'lengthy' sentence

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

A murder convict has appealed his 20-year jail term saying that the imprisonment is unreasonably long. Through attorney Joram Matomela, Moesi Joseph, 26, argued at the Court of Appeal that the jail term is unreasonable and that the trial court did not give any reason why it gave him 20 years.

"We submit that the trial court should have at least given the appellant between 15 to 17 years because there were no peculiar circumstances that the court should have given him 20 years,” submitted Matomela. He termed the sentence out of range and asked for a reduction.

Joseph, who has already served one year of his prison term imposed by Francistown High Court, was convicted on a single count of murder of his then girlfriend, Gaone Tante.

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