Two convicted police officers plead for mercy
MASERU-TWO police constables facing the death penalty for killing a Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) internal auditor in February 2016 are begging for their lives.
Constables Moeketsi Dlamini and Monaheng ’Musi, members of the police’s Special Operations Unit (SOU), were last Thursday found guilty of murdering Thibello Nteso.
The duo had pleaded not guilty during trial, claiming that they were acting in self-defence when they shot Nteso because he had fired first.
The court did not believe them, and they now face the noose, prompting their lawyer to ask Judge Moroke Mokhesi to show mercy when sentencing them.
Police officers guilty of Nteso murder Police officers guilty of Nteso murder
Mohalenyane Phakela
TWO members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service’s (LMPS) Special Operations Unit (SOU), have been found guilty of the 6 February 2017 murder of Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) auditor, Thibello Nteso.
High Court Judge Moroke Mokhesi on Thursday also found them guilty of malicious damage of property after they damaged the deceased’s vehicle by shooting at it.
The two are Police Constables Moeketsi Dlamini and Monaheng ‘Musi. Shortly after Justice Mokhesi pronounced the guilty verdict, the duo was whisked away to the Maseru Central Correctional Institution by prison staff.
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