By REGINALD KANYANE
18 September 2024- A man (32) was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the Lehurutshe Magistrate’s Court for murder. This comes after Collen Rorisang Mogotsi killed his own son.
The North West police spokesperson, Colonel Adele Myburgh said in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday, 8 November 2017, police were called to a house in Willowpark in Lehurutshe where the body of a five-month old baby boy was found with head and other injuries.
“He was declared dead by Emergency and Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) on the scene. It was reported that the baby’s mother and her boyfriend (father of the baby) had an argument earlier at their home in Mmamoswane Section in Dinokana village, outside Zeerust.
“During the argument, the mother told her boyfriend that the baby is not his. The intoxicated man became aggressive and assaulted the baby. Mogotsi then told the mother that the baby is dead and must be taken back to her parental home in Willowpark,” she said.
Myburgh further said the police arrested the father shortly after the incident was reported and appeared in court on 13 November 2017. She added that the convict was further declared unfit to possess a firearm in terms of section 103 of the Firearm Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000).
Meanwhile, the North West Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena and the Director for Public Prosecution, Dr Rachel Makhari, applauded the investigating officer, Sergeant Thabo Tshweu of Lehurutshe Detectives, as well as the prosecutor, Neo Sedumedi, for their teamwork and diligence that resulted in the conviction.
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