Death Row hit men to appeal

One of the accused persons in Motukwa's murder case
One of the accused persons in Motukwa's murder case

Two death row inmates will this month try their luck before the Court of Appeal to persuade the bench to reverse both their conviction and sentence.

The convicts, Daniel Semi, 30, and Gaolatlhe Thusang, 35, were condemned to death in 2013 for killing one Motlhanka Motukwa in 2008. The duo, who hail from Ntlhantlhe in the Southern District, were sentenced to death penalty by Lobatse High Court Judge Michael Leburu despite pronouncement by Judge Tshepo Motswagole that death penalty was unconstitutional.

Leburu had squashed the declaration by Motswagole and proceeded to sentence the two to death. The duo, according to evidence before court, were hired as hit men by their co-accused at the time, Agisanyang Motukwa, 34. Motukwa was said to have hired the two to kill his father after believing he was bewitching him.

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