Convicted murderer awaits sentence

Thursday, April 17, 2014

A 32 year-old man from Sheep-Farm village in the Borolong region faces a possible death sentence after the Gaborone High Court convicted him of murder, attempted murder and arson on Tuesday.

Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo found Talane Selebogo guilty on all five counts he faced, stemming from a December 2011 incident involving one count of murder, three counts of attempted murder and one count of arson.

Selebogo was convicted of murdering Batsile Kekgaretswe, attempting to murder Ketshephaone Kekgaretswe, Kelebogile Molefe and Semakalaleng Kekgaretswe and setting fire to a dwelling house on December 3, 2011.

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Convicted murderer awaits sentence

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