Suspended Sentence in Lover’s Death Case

MASERU-The High Court has sentenced a 27-year-old woman to seven years imprisonment, wholly suspended, after she was convicted of culpable homicide for the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend during a heated altercation. Lintle Letima escaped an immediate jail term after the court ruled that the sentence would remain suspended for three years on condition that she pays M50, 000 in compensation to the family of the deceased within that period. Should she fail to pay the amount, the seven-year prison sentence…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...