Lipolelo thabane
Former Lesotho PM Tom Thabane expected in court over wife's murder
The 82-year-old will be in the dock today to finally be charged with Lipolelo's murder, like his wife Maesiah, as police allege that the pair masterminded the...
Maesaiah Thabane has been charged with ordering the killing of former prime minister Thomas Thabane's then-wife Lipolelo Thabane, who was shot dead near her home in Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, in June 2017.
Maesiah Thabane was locked up for her alleged role in masterminding the killing of former Lesotho prime minister Tom Thabane’s wife, Lipolelo Thabane, in 2017.
She and her husband, former Prime Minister Tom Thabane are accused of masterminding the murder of Thabane’s second wife Lipolelo.
Lawyers representing witnesses, including Thato Sibolla, who was shot while with Lipolelo Thabane but survived, said they did not want the former first lady to get bail.
Maesiah Thabane filed an urgent high court bid, saying that the former prime minister had undergone prostate cancer surgery, had Alzheimer's disease and incontinence.
Her bail was revoked by the Lesotho Appeal Court last Friday, which said acting chief justice Maseforo Mahase had erred when she granted it.
The former Prime Minister Tom Thabane’s third wife was granted bail by the high court for the alleged killing of Thabane’s second wife Lipolelo.
Tom Thabane's constitutional court application challenging the murder charges of his second wife Lipolelo Thabane is under the spotlight now that he is no longer Lesotho's prime minister.
Lipholelo was Lesotho Prime Minister’s Tom Thabane’s second wife who was murdered in 2017. The first lady of the mountain kingdom, Maesiah, has also been charged for the murder.
Lesotho Primer Minister Tom Thabane said instead that members of parliament should praise him for leaving office, unlike some African leaders.
The prime minister appeared briefly in court on Monday where his lawyer asked the magistrate to refer the matter for constitutional interpretation.
Thabane's office said he left for South Africa early on Friday morning to seek emergency medical attention.
Sibolla fled Lesotho when police started questioning first lady, Maesiah Thabane, on the 2017 killing of the prime minister’s estranged wife Lipolelo.
Police were expecting Thabane to appear before the Maseru magistrates court but he did not arrive.
Tom Thabane is expected in court where he will be charged with murder, attempted murder, and malicious damage to property.
Thabane is expected to appear at the Maseru magistrates court on Friday morning where he will appear and be charged with murder.
Lesotho deputy police commissioner Paseka Mokete has confirmed that the director of public prosecutions was ready to charge Prime Minister Tom Thabane with his second wife Lipolelo's murder.
Lawyers challenging the bail of murder accused Lesotho first lady Maesiah Thabane in the appeal court said that they were struggling to obtain a date.