10 Feb 2021

Kagiso Sekeseke (28) of Newtown ward in Maun, who is facing charges of murder, attempted murder and common assault has been denied bail by Magistrate Keneilwe Kgoadi.

The accused was charged for killing his aunt, attempted murder of his uncle and assault common of his mother’s elder sister.

When the accused appeared before court for mention in Maun on Tuesday, Magistrate Kgoadi said the accused would not be granted bail on the grounds that his mental state was questionable.

Magistrate Kgoadi said the court could not grant the accused bail since he had potential to endanger other people’s lives.

She said the court also considered that the accused did not have his own permanent and independent place of residence.

As such Magistrate Kgoadi dismissed the accused’s bail application pending a mental evaluation report.

Prosecutor from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, Ms Bezi Seralanyane, said investigations into the matter were ongoing.

Ms Seralanyane said the state had not managed to get a statement from the uncle who was hospitalised since the doctor advised against it looking at the patient’s condition.

She also said the state was awaiting results for the accused’s psychiatric evaluation and the doctor responsible was on a trip expected to be back the following week.

Particulars of the offence are that on November 26 last year, the mother to the accused, Ms Christina Ledimo who was visiting her son at his grandmother’s place at Newtown ward in Maun asked the accused to assist her carry an iron sheet.

The accused allegedly refused to assist his mother and assaulted his aunt, Ms Dikeledi Sekeseke with fists and a fork claiming that Ms Sekeseke was the one who asked him to assist his mother.

The mother allegedly ran out and the uncle, Mr Noah Sekeseke upon hearing the commotion came out of the house carrying a machete with an attempt to rebuke the accused.

The accused allegedly grabbed the machete and brutally attacked Mr Sekeseke with it.

The accused then allegedly followed his mother who was hiding with her older sister, Ms Ruth Segwadi in the kitchen.

It is alleged that the accused then forcibly opened the kitchen and allegedly attacked Ms Segwadi with the machete while the mother managed to escape and ran to her car and drove off.

The 66 year-old aunt who was hospitalised at Nyangbabwe Referral Hospital succumbed to the injuries while the uncle was still hospitalised with serious injuries.ENDS