06 Dec 2017

A Tlokweng man accused of the murder of his girlfriend in July has requested the prosecution to furnish him with all witness statements so that he could study them.

Appearing before Gaborone Extension II Magistrate Court for mention on December 4, Kediemetse Mogotsi did not look upset or concerned when the prosecutor informed the court that the substantive prosecutor who had been allocated the case was not present as she was appearing before the High Court.

The court was to be updated on the progress made regarding the assessment of the case.

In his previous appearance Mogotsi could not stomach the fact that his possible prosecutor from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) was not in attendance to update the court.

Mogotsi, who is also facing another murder charge for allegedly killing his father in 2012, is alleged to have strangled his girlfriend, Maria Losolebe on July 3, 2017 at their rented house it Tlokweng.

The incident happened shortly after she arrived home from a night away and he single-handedly buried her in a grave which they had dug together the previous day in an adjacent house.

He had told the police that he waited for dusk to set before burying her and sealed the grave with concrete. Magistrate Ms Batho Kgerethwa presides in the matter.

He will appear again on December 18, 2017 while his remand warrant is extended. ENDS