South African father who murdered his four children sentenced to 52 years imprisonment

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Lesiba Kekana, who pleaded guilty to murdering his four young sons in a fit of rage has been sentenced to 52 years imprisonment by the Limpopo High Court today, Friday April 29. Handing down sentence today, Judge Joseph Raulinga said although Kekana pleaded guilty without wasting court time, and advanced "personal circumstances" the aggravating circumstances in the horror murders far
outweigh these actions.


"What you did is catastrophic, although you are
deserving life because you have the right to life
still I must meet the wishes of the community,"
said Raulinga.

"The circumstances of the case don’t at all
deserve that I should have mercy."
The 37-year-old man was convicted of murder
of his four sons in September last year, and
was also found guilty on an additional count of
assault relating to an earlier attack on his wife
Lorraine.

Kekana killed his sons Bokang, 13, Keneilwe, 10,
Hlologelo, 6, and Lekgoledi, 4, at their home in
Moletlane. Kekana told the court he cut his
children’s throats after a bitter telephonic
argument with their mother who was in Gauteng
where she works.

"Mr Kekana had not only killed his children in a
(horrific) manner, he has hurt his wife, the
community of Moletlane, the people of South
Africa," said Judge Raulinga.

The court said that Kekana had had ample time
to heal from his claim that he was angry with
his wife after he found a used condom at her
house in Gauteng. Kekana claimed his wife
admitted to cheating.

The allegations of cheating were not tested
because Kekana’s wife, Lorraine, broke down at
the beginning of her testimony during mitigation
of sentence. She broke down after she related
to the court how she could hear on the phone
her husband killing the children one by one –
she said she could hear their terrifying screams.

"The accused should not kill the children and
come to court to be lenient while he was not
lenient when he was killing the children." said
State prosecutor Nozizwe Molepo.
Kekana’s legal representative, Desmond
Nonyana, told the court that they intend
appealing the sentence.
Source: African News Agency