Lesotho: Koakoa Sefale gets one year in prison for homicide
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sunday Express
Kabelo Masoabi Koakoa Sefale, convicted of culpable homicide after fatally shooting shepherd Fihlang Nkopane, will serve one year in prison of a 15-year sentence, with 14 years suspended. The High Court also ordered him to pay the family 104,000 maloti and hand over two cows, according to the Sunday Express.
The High Court of Tšifa-li-Mali in Lesotho on Friday sentenced Kabelo Masoabi Koakoa Sefale, convicted of culpable homicide over the fatal shooting of shepherd Fihlang Nkopane, to 15 years in prison, with 14 years suspended for three years. He will therefore serve one year in prison, according to the Sunday Express.
Presided over by acting judge ’Manapo Motebele, the court also ordered Koakoa Sefale to hand over two cows to the victim’s family within one month. He must also pay the family 104,000 maloti in the year after his release, in monthly instalments of 8,600 maloti to the court registrar. The ruling comes after Koakoa Sefale was found guilty of culpable homicide.
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