/ 8 April 2001

ANOTHER BOSCH CASE LOOMING?

ANOTHER South African is on death row in Botswana. SABC radio news reports that 41-year-old Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi was convicted in 1998 for the murder of Botswana policeman Sergeant David Tlhankane. Kobedi’s fianc&eacute claims that he did not receive fair trial and that he is a victim of a miscarriage of justice. Priscilla August also urged the South African government to push for a retrial. Kobedi proclaimed his innocence throughout his four-year long trial, saying that the Botswana police killed the victim during a shootout.