Lesotho: Thabane Asks ConCourt to Throw Out Murder Charges

Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has launched a desperate bid to escape murder charges by petitioning the Constitutional Court for an order that a sitting prime minister cannot be charged with any crime.

This after the police charged him with the 14 June 2017 murder of his estranged wife, Lipolelo, and subsequent revelations by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Paseka Mokete that the police had strong evidence to nail the premier and other suspects in the murder which occurred just two days before Dr Thabane was sworn in for his second stint as premier.

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