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BY REGINALD KANYANE

A murder case against Tesele Dikole,33 will resume at Jan Kempdorp Magistrate’s Court on Monday. 

Dikole allegedly killed a six year-old boy, Kutlwano Garesape three weeks ago in Jan Kempdorp.

It is alleged that Dikole pounced on Kutlwano’s mother in the street and demanded money. Kutlwano, his mother, Segomotso and Thabiso (brother), were on their way to a school when they came across Dikole.

Segomotso said the suspect allegedly produced a broken bottle and tried to rape her after she did not have money.

“The suspect threatened me with a bottle and attempted to rape me. Kutlwano intervened and the suspect stabbed him. He also tossed Kutlwano’s body in the air and dropped him. The suspect threw Kutlwano’s lifeless body on the railway tracks afterwards,” Segomotso said.

Operation Wanya Tsotsi chairperson, Pantsi Obusitse said: “We will make sure that the criminal is removed from our society. We must not be apologetic about that. We need to fight crime and I also urge politicians to be part of the fight. Lets us use the same energy we injected during local government elections to fight crime.

“The atrocity cannot be explained and we should be ashamed as a country. We need to honour Kutlwano and take a stern look at ourselves. We cannot let the country be terrorised by criminals and rob us our future leaders because of their senseless thinking.”

Dikole is facing murder and attempted rape charges. He is expected to do a formal bail application.   

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