No show by DPP leads to acquittals

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FRANCISTOWN: Principal Magistrate Sijabuliso Siziba dismissed a threat to kill case yesterday after the unexplained failure by the prosecution to attend court as scheduled.

The case involved Keotshepile Jacob who allegedly threatened to kill one Bantsi Makgothi in Francistown last year at Block 4.

Jacob’s attorney Baboki Dambe applied for the case to be dismissed after there was no appearance from the state. 

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