Mohalenyane Phakela THE much-anticipated criminal trials of past and serving members of the security agencies could be further delayed amid revelations that the government is only in the early stages of talks with...
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Lesotho Times
Woman murders husband to access insurance pay-outs
Nthatuoa Koeshe Leribe A LERIBE woman (35) from Tsikoane Leralleng has been nabbed along with two other accomplices for allegedly murdering her husband to access life insurance premiums. The trio was arrested on 7...
Lawyers threaten lawsuit on foreign judges
Tefo Tefo/ Keiso Mohloboli THE lawyers representing the murder-accused former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli and other soldiers on Tuesday threatened to file a constitutional application to oppose the...
Death threats as MKM furore escalates
Pascalinah Kabi A PROMINENT lawyer, Advocate Qhalehang Letsika, one of the provisional liquidators of the embattled MKM Star Lion Group estate has accused the company’s director, Simon Thebe-ea-Khale, and three...
Woman up for culpable homicide
Tokelo Rasephei Mohale’s Hoek A WOMAN from Ha Mapooane will soon appear in court to face charges of culpable homicide after she allegedly knocked down and killed a five-year-old child in Mohale’s Hoek. Police reports...
Kamoli trial finally commences
Tefo Tefo FORMER Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, Retired Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, will next week finally stand trial in the High Court over a plethora of murder and attempted murder charges. The trial...
Crime briefs
Man kills wife’s boyfriend Leribe THE police recently arrested a 28-year-old man from Matukeng, in Leribe District for the murder of his wife’s boyfriend. Reports indicate that the man caught the now deceased in a...
Widow’s plea for justice
’Marafaele Mohloboli JUSTICE has remained elusive for ’Matšepang Kaizer six years after her husband, Motlalepula Kaizer, was gunned down at the house of former All Basotho Convention legislator, Pitso Maisa. “The...
Businessman killed in cold blood
Pascalinah Kabi “They have shot you badly…pray hard and ask God to spare your life.” These are the last words Thato Matamane uttered into her husband’s ear, a few seconds before Mr Sebolai Nkesi took his last breath. As...
Date set for Kamoli bail hearing
Tefo Tefo THE High Court will next Tuesday hear a bail application by murder-accused former army commander, Lieutenant-General Tlali Kamoli, who has been languishing in custody at the Maseru Maximum Security Prison...
