Rape convict appeals for mercy
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
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Letsweletse Thebe is serving a 12-year sentence for rape.
When he appeared before CoA judges, Isaac Lesetedi, Elijah Legwaila and Monametsi Gaongalelwe, Thebe confessed that he had no problem with his sentence, but only wanted the court to be merciful and reduce it.
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