Mmegi Online Former Botswana National Front (BNF) executive secretary James Mathokgwane is now a free man after his conviction and 10-year prison sentence for rape was overturned by the High Court in Lobatse yesterday.
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Mathokgwane was in the second month of his sentence after being convicted by Broadhust Principal Magistrate Nehemiah Mugoni of raping a nine year-old girl at Old Naledi on March 30, 2006.
Mathokgwane appealed to the High Court. In his appeal, he said the trial magistrate court had made numerous mis
-directions on matters of fact and law. It was submitted that the magistrate did not analyse the evidence in an objective fashion.