Guilty of murder

Judge Moroka convicts girlfriend killer

Francistown High Court Judge Lot Moroka has pronounced a man who hit his girlfriend with an iron rod on the head and killed her guilty of murder.

The court heard that Onkemetsi Baseki on the 3rd of February 2011 murdered Mpho Keiponye at Moletemane village.

Before passing judgment, Judge Lot Moroka told the court that according to the medical report, Keiponye died due to shock and bleeding from head injuries.

A witness who was with the deceased on the said date, Charity Motlhabi had told the court during the trial that they were at home dri...