Rape convict seeks freedom

LOBATSE: A former employee of the Department of Customs and Excise Mmolotsi Tlhowe told the Court of Appeal yesterday that he should be discharged and acquitted because his incarceration has interrupted his accounting studies.

Tlhowe is appealing his conviction and sentence for raping a 16-year old girl in Maun in March 2002. He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in March 2004.

He said that he is unable to study properly because there is too much noise and congestion in prison. He said he is not allowed to go to the library to do research for his studies. He appealed to the court to order that he should be reinstated as a civil servant.

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