Nearly fifteen years after he allegedly hacked three people to death, the wheels of justice have started turning and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) are reopening the files to bring murder suspect Mokolopi Mothusi to book.
The accused is facing a triple murder charge after he allegedly hacked to death a man, his wife, and their child with a tomahawk axe sometime in 2005 at Khonkhwa settlement near Jwaneng.
The matter appeared to have been forgotten for sometime, but on Monday the DPP reopened Mothusi’s files and he showed up in court walking with the aid of crutches.
Initially the matter was scheduled for trial for several dates in May but had to be postponed to December to allow the defense to locate witnesses.
“We are faced with a difficult matter here, so far the state
had intended to call 20 witnesses, but we are informed that five of them have
since died. We will also need time to locate our witnesses who are scattered
somewhere in the desert,” said attorney Tengo Rubadiri who is defending
Mothusi.
The matter was postponed and trial dates have been set for December 10th
up to 15th 2020.
Meanwhile, in a separate matter, Kagiso Sejamabogo will have
to wait a bit longer in prison before he is granted bail pending appeal of his
17-year prison sentence for various offences.
Although he has been in prison since 2012, Sejamabogo will have to wait until
June before the High Court hears his appeal because a typist who was recording
his case record at Molepolole Magistrates Court has been transferred to
Mochudi.
Since 2018, Sejamabogo has been trying to get his case record from the court
but the staff have been too busy with other engagements at the expense of his agonizing
prison remand.
Justice Michael Leburu ordered the Molepolole Court Clerk to
avail the record on the 29th of May and that the appellant will
present his argument on June 22nd.
The appellant has had his prison term reduced to 11 years and has so far served
eight years in prison.
