Khetheng murder trial fails to proceed Khetheng murder trial fails to proceed
Mohalenyane Phakela
THE murder trial of four police officers accused of the March 2016 murder of Police Constable (PC) Mokalekale Khetheng failed to proceed yesterday. This after three of the suspects filed an application for the recusal of the presiding judge, Zimbabwean Charles Hungwe.
The three are Superintendent Mathibeli Mofolo, Inspector Mabitle Matona and PC Haleokoe Taasoane. They have been charged alongside Senior Superintendent Thabo Tšukulu.
In their court papers, the three argue that Justice Hungwe had already shown signs of bias when he suggested that they were deliberately delaying the trial by refusing to plead in the absence of their lawyer, Advocate Zwelakhe Mda. They therefore want the Zimbabwean judge to recuse himself on the grounds that he is unlikely to afford them a fair trial.
MASERU-Former Deputy Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki and ex-army boss, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, are set to testify in the Mokalekale Khetheng murder cas
Kamoli, Mokhosi to testify in Khetheng case Kamoli, Mokhosi to testify in Khetheng case
Mohalenyane Phakela
FORMER army commander Tlali Kamoli and former Defence and National Security Minister, Tšeliso Mokhosi, are set to testify against four police officers accused of murdering their colleague, Police Constable (PC) Mokalekale Khetheng in March 2016.
According to a witness list seen by the
Sunday Express this weekend, Messrs Mokhosi, Kamoli and former National Security Services (NSS) director general, Mohlakala Lerotholi, are among 53 witnesses who have been lined by the prosecution to testify in the murder case.
PC Khetheng was last seen alive while being arrested by his colleagues at a traditional feast in Sebothoane, Leribe on 25 March 2016.