Death-row inmate, Gobuamang Ntsuape has returned to court for mitigation following his conviction on two murder charges in Francistown. He occasioned the deaths of a police officer and a fellow inmate eight years ago,
The 37-year-old had already been sentenced to death in a separate matter for which he was serving, following a conviction for the murder of Sadi Kgosietsile, the mother of his ex-girlfriend in 2016.
The Gaborone High Court would later find Ntsuape guilty of killing two more people in Francistown in a December 1st 2016 incident where he made an attempt to escape from custody.
On that fateful day, he and five other prisoners were being transported in a minibus from Francistown Magistrate Court to Kutlwano Police station when he suddenly sprang and grabbed the driver of the mini bus around the neck and used his handcuffed hands to choke him.
The driver lost control and the mini-bus overturned, which resulted in the death of special constable Thuso Ntosa and another inmate Emmanuel Mapholo.
A psychiatrist at Jubilee Clinic, Dr Paul Sidandi had examined Ntsuape in October 2016, weeks before the incident, after he had been referred to him by the magistrate’s court following the charge for Kgosietsile's death.
The specialist found out that generally, Ntsuape had anger issues. From the assessment, the specialist said he discovered that after the ex-girlfriend had ended their relationship, Ntsuape, acted in anger and out of jealousy to set alight his ex-girlfriend’s car.
A few months before then, Ntsuape had been incarcerated at Central Police Station for common nuisance after being accused of using abusive language against his manager.
Dr Sidandi said Ntsuape has exhibited impulsiveness, adding that his background check showed that the Ramotswa-born Ntsuape grew up in a hostile environment, where his parents had separated only for the father to return but died shortly after that, leaving him to eventually grow under the care of a stepfather.
He said Ntsuape grew normally and only got to be ill-disciplined at junior secondary school. “Whenever he was punished he would take a rope and threaten to kill himself by hanging,” Sidandi said.
Ntsuape is said to have had a strained relationship with his stepfather, whom he despised, and at one point locked his siblings in the house and threatened to set it on fire to avoid them growing closer to the step-father.
The case has been adjourned until March 15th when Ntsuape will continue with his mitigation before being sentenced.
The 37-year-old had already been sentenced to death in a separate matter for which he was serving, following a conviction for the murder of Sadi Kgosietsile, the mother of his ex-girlfriend in 2016.
The Gaborone High Court would later find Ntsuape guilty of killing two more people in Francistown in a December 1st 2016 incident where he made an attempt to escape from custody.
On that fateful day, he and five other prisoners were being transported in a minibus from Francistown Magistrate Court to Kutlwano Police station when he suddenly sprang and grabbed the driver of the mini bus around the neck and used his handcuffed hands to choke him.
The driver lost control and the mini-bus overturned, which resulted in the death of special constable Thuso Ntosa and another inmate Emmanuel Mapholo.
A psychiatrist at Jubilee Clinic, Dr Paul Sidandi had examined Ntsuape in October 2016, weeks before the incident, after he had been referred to him by the magistrate’s court following the charge for Kgosietsile's death.
The specialist found out that generally, Ntsuape had anger issues. From the assessment, the specialist said he discovered that after the ex-girlfriend had ended their relationship, Ntsuape, acted in anger and out of jealousy to set alight his ex-girlfriend’s car.
A few months before then, Ntsuape had been incarcerated at Central Police Station for common nuisance after being accused of using abusive language against his manager.
Dr Sidandi said Ntsuape has exhibited impulsiveness, adding that his background check showed that the Ramotswa-born Ntsuape grew up in a hostile environment, where his parents had separated only for the father to return but died shortly after that, leaving him to eventually grow under the care of a stepfather.
He said Ntsuape grew normally and only got to be ill-disciplined at junior secondary school. “Whenever he was punished he would take a rope and threaten to kill himself by hanging,” Sidandi said.
Ntsuape is said to have had a strained relationship with his stepfather, whom he despised, and at one point locked his siblings in the house and threatened to set it on fire to avoid them growing closer to the step-father.
The case has been adjourned until March 15th when Ntsuape will continue with his mitigation before being sentenced.
