04 Jun 2018

Jwaneng magistrate, Mr Odirile Mokgatle has ruled that Teko Koloane and Hosiah Timbe, both from Pitsane, have a case to answer. 

The duo, together with Samuel Mphefo who later turned into an accomplice witness, allegedly acted together and robbed Johan Nolte  money amounting to P60 000, two cellular phones valued at P3 500  and assaulted him on October 18, 2016 at Mabutsane.

Mr Mokgatle said Mphefo told the court that he drove Timbe to Mabutsane where he later dropped him at an entertainment place. 

Timbe later called Mphefo to pick him and he found him in possession of bags and in company of Koloane. 

The witness further revealed that he drove them and they gave him P7 000 cash.

Nolte told the court that on the fateful night he  was attacked by  two masked men who tied his hands and feet, held him with his private parts and threatened to crush them if he screamed. 

Another witness, Edward Orapeleng successfully identified the footprints at the scene of crime as Koloane’s whom he had hired.  

It is also in court’s records that both the accused persons refused to visit the scene of crime, claiming not to know Mabutsane.

The court also noted that though the crime was committed in a dark room where the complainant could not identify the accused, it should also be noted that Timbe had no money when they went to Mabutsane, but he and Koloane later managed to give Mphefo P7000 cash on the spot.

Magistrate  Mokgatle said the prosecution had managed to cover all the elements of robbery and therefore found that the duo had a case to answer. 

The case will continue on June 29. ENDS