State appeals Patlakwe acquittal

The appeal, before Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo, was due to commence last Friday but had to be postponed as the Chief Justice had not read the record from the magistrate who acquitted Patlakwe. It has now been scheduled for May 10.

Former radio and television personality Patlakwe, who is now employed with the Public Enterprises Evaluation and Privatisation Agency (PEEPA) was discharged and acquitted on a single count of defilement by then Village magistrate Olivia Zvide. Patlakwe was accused of raping a 16-year-old girl at Lamila Lodge in Mogoditshane. He had offered the girl a lift from Mankgodi to Gaborone.