-
98
-
Name of article: Mother who killed her baby faces murder charge
Name of journalist: Tebogo Kgalemang
Name of publisher: The Monitor
Date: 23 May 2011
Country: Botswana
Theme: Justice system
Skills: Fairness
Genre: News
GEM classification: Gender aware
Description
Judge Terrence Rannowane has convicted a 27 year old woman who strangled her two month old infant to death, to murder with extenuating circumstances. Judge Rannowane said he accepts that Atamelang Lesole was intoxicated at the time she committed the offence ."I will accept therefore that she was intoxicated at the time of the commission of the offence and that such amounted to extenuating," said Judge Rannowane.
Lesole is said to have smothered her baby after one of her relatives inquired as to where she had been and why she had gone for a long time, leaving a small child behind.
Lesole then responded saying, "Ke tla soka golo moo ga lona molala ga a swa," which means "I will strangle that thing of yours to death."The relatives later left whereupon the accused killed the baby.The baby died of asphyxia due to smothering.
Files to download:
Judge Terrence Rannowane has convicted a 27 year old woman who strangled her two month old infant to death ,to murder with extenuating circumstances. - 118 KB
More Interesting Topics
Country:
