Defence challenges phone records in mother’s murder case, seeks ‘trial within trial’

Drama unfolded in the High Court this week when defence lawyers for the Rasekoai sisters strongly challenged the use of cellphone records in their murder trial, arguing that the evidence was obtained illegally and violated the accused persons’ constitutional right to privacy. The matter was before Justice ’Maliepollo Makhetha, where sisters Nthei Rasekoai and ’Mamphoka Rasekoai stand charged with the murder of their mother, Martha Rasekoai.  The alleged crime is said to have occurred on July 25, 2022, at their…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...