Quartet in court for murder
Kgomotsego Itlhobogeng was found dead at Makame lands near Lerala village in the Tswapong area on the 3rd of June 2023.
A day before he was found dead, four men - Odisitse Leburu (33) Isaiah Sergeant (39), Jonas Sergeant (32) and Thatayaone Sergeant (43) were seen arguing with him at a bar.
After a visible altercation, the suspects were seen taking Itlhobogeng to their car and allegedly placing him in the boot before they sped off.
“The police were told by an eyewitness what had happened after which Itlhobogeng was found dead at the Makame lands. It appears he was stabbed to death because his clothes were found bloodied,” No. 2 District Officer Commanding (OC), Senior Superintendent Paul Oketsang told this publication.
Once apprehended, the four men were brought before court last week and remanded in custody. Oketsang could not confidently say if three of the accused men bearing the surname Sergeant, were all related.
Meanwhile, news coming out of Lerala suggests that the suspects have been itching to teach Itlhobogeng a lesson. It is alleged that they once attacked him back in 2019 after accusing him of stealing their cattle.
“We have heard allegations that suggest that the deceased was put in the car boot for two days or so before being killed. Those are just baseless accusations, what we have is what I shared, we do not know who is peddling those unfounded allegations,” Snr. Supt. Oketsang said.
The quartet will appear before Palapye magistrate next Monday to answer to the charges of Itlhobogeng’s murder.