Botswana man on six death sentences executed
~~By MTOKOZISI DUBE in Gaborone
~~By MTOKOZISI DUBE in Gaborone
Tuesday, May 28 2013: A Botswana man who was handed six death sentences for murdering his family after a misunderstanding over food has been executed.
The Botswana Prison Service confirmed that Orelesitse Modise Thokamolemo’s hanging was carried out early Monday morning at Gaborone Central Prison.
The capital punishment came after a death sentence was imposed on him on December 9, 2010 by the Francistown High Court for the offence.
The Court of Appeal last month struck out an appeal against the sentence.
Thokamolemo had approached the Court of Appeal for both conviction and death sentence.
The trial court found that Thokamolemo killed six members of his family, among them his brother and a four-month-old baby using an axe in January 2008.
“After anxious inquiring of mind of this matter, I also find no misdirection by the trial court in considering the effect of dagga taken by the appellant and giving it weight,” Judge Isaac Lesetedi said last month.
The Botswana Prison Service confirmed that Orelesitse Modise Thokamolemo’s hanging was carried out early Monday morning at Gaborone Central Prison.
The capital punishment came after a death sentence was imposed on him on December 9, 2010 by the Francistown High Court for the offence.
The Court of Appeal last month struck out an appeal against the sentence.
Thokamolemo had approached the Court of Appeal for both conviction and death sentence.
The trial court found that Thokamolemo killed six members of his family, among them his brother and a four-month-old baby using an axe in January 2008.
“After anxious inquiring of mind of this matter, I also find no misdirection by the trial court in considering the effect of dagga taken by the appellant and giving it weight,” Judge Isaac Lesetedi said last month.
Courtesy: Africa Review
