Maseru, Sept. 05 — Some of the accused in a case in which nine members of the army including former army Commander Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli are charged with the murder of Maaparankoe Mahao, have during cross-examination denied that the police visited them in prison and charged them with the murder of the deceased.
This was following evidence by Retired Inspector Lebohang Motanya who stated that Captain Litekanyo Nyakane, Sergeant Lekhooa Moepi, Corporal Mots’oane Machae and Corporal Mohlalefi Seitlheko were on November 29 2017 already in the custody of the Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) on other cases, therefore he went there and gave them the murder charge. He added that he cautioned and warned them before he could charge them.
He told the court that initially the police did not have anything that linked Kamoli to the case. He however said they later got information implicating him therefore, they went to the Correctional facility as he too was incarcerated, and they gave him a similar charge.
He had earlier testified that on November 27 2017 Captain Maanela of the Military Police handed over to the police, Captain Haleeo Makara, Sergeant Motsamai Fako, Corporal Marasi ‘Moleli and Corporal Ts’itso Ramoholi. He said following introductions, cautioning and interviews, they were charged with the murder of Mahao.
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