Mpho Sefhemo murdered Bame Aron on December 18, 2014 at Moselane cattle post near Mahalapye. Justice Tshegofatso Mogomotsi sentenced Sefhemo to an imprisonment term of not more than 15 years after finding him guilty of the toddler's murder with extenuating circumstances. In her sentencing remarks, Justice Mogomotsi read out, that the prescribed "penalty for the offence of murder with extenuating circumstances is an imprisonment term of not less than 15 years". "In considering a befitting sentence, I shall advise my mind to the basic tenets of sentencing, to wit, the sentencing triad, the principle of proportionality and in particular that the sentence must befit both the crime and the offender... the age of the victim on whom it was committed," she said.
Mogomotsi emphasised that the sentence must reflect both the crime and the offender's circumstances, taking into account the young age of the victim. “The victim, who was but only a defenceless baby aged one year and four months... was neither a threat to the accused and hadn't done anything to him to deserve the magnitude of his wrath, which brought his short life to an abrupt end," she said. "Secondly, I note the brutality and senseless manner in which the accused killed the baby," she added. Sefhemo threw the child face down on the ground and, unmoved by the baby’s cries, followed him into the house to continue the assault by kicking him in the stomach. The impact sent the child rolling across the floor until he fell outside the house.
