Dad is identified as GABRIEL NTEMOGANG.
http://www.thevoicebw.com/2013/11/15/father-21-kills-daughter-1-with-necktie/
FATHER, 21 KILLS DAUGHTER, 1, WITH NECKTIE
Posted by THEVOICEBW on November 15, 2013
A young father of Moeti ward in Maun appeared before Maun Magistrate Clifford Foroma facing a single count of murder on Tuesday.
The accused person Gabriel Ntemogang was brought before the magistrate for killing his 13 months old daughter last week Friday.
According to Maun Police Acting Station Commander Neo Serumola, the accused left with the child after a misunderstanding with the 19- year-old mother around 1100hrs in the morning.
Serumola said the mother did not suspect anything since the accused usually went out with the kid.
“He strangled her to death with a necktie and later confided in his friend around 1500hours.
Serumola said that police investigations have indicated that Ntemogang had intended to commit suicide but failed to go through with the plan.
He apparently confided in a friend whom he asked what to do to solve the mess he had gotten himself into. The friend told the police about Ntshinogeng’s whereabouts.
“We found him near a sewerage pond holding the dead body,”Serumola said.
Police also found a necktie; done into a noose at the scene of crime.
The court reserved his plea since the investigations were still at an initial stage.
Looking confused and not familiar with the court language, the young man said he will conduct his own defence.
When asked if he objected to his remand Ntemogang said, “The court should not remand me because it was not my intention to kill her.” He will appear for another mention after 14 days.
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Saturday, November 16, 2013
Friday, January 22, 2010
Dad severely burns mom, then abandons her with no financial support (Ramotswa, Botswana)
Dad ONTIRETSE JOHANNES NOBELA burned the mother of his 3 children with a flammable liquid that left her with horrific scarring and pain. Not only that, there was no criminal investigation at all. While she was unconscious, the dad told the hospital staff that the burns were an "accident," and they took him at his word. Or they lacked the initiative or courage to look into the matter any further, which is probably closer to the truth. Now the authorities say it's "too late" to press charges. That sounds riduculous to me, too. But what do I know about the Bostwana legal system. I just know a rat when I smell one.
Meanwhile this woman cannot get work because of her appearance. Nor can she get financial support from the husband who has deserted her, leaving her with sole responsibility for their 3 children.
http://www.thevoicebw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2099:scarred-and-deserted&catid=50:real-lives&Itemid=73
SCARRED AND DESERTED
Woman horrifically burned by husband then left to care for children
By Thato Gwakuba
Domestic violence shows no sign of abating as each day new cases are reported to the police. Violence can take any form varying from physical, emotional to social. Women are the most affected as they often find themselves vulnerable and defenceless. Every second a woman is battered somewhere in the world, some are afraid to report because they feel as women they have to endure what their husbands and partners dish out to them. Sometimes culture is to blamed as one hears elders advising the newly married women that they should not ask their husbands where they would have been if they come home late. That alone makes women think they do not have the right to do so. The media encourages people to speak out on violence in order to be helped.
Life will never be the same for a Ramotswa woman, Neo Pearl Motlhoki, 37, a mother of three after her then boyfriend and father of her children burnt her with paraffin. Motlhoki is now left with physical and emotional scars and she has to deal with her ordeal all over again as she is now shunned in her village. The once bubbly woman now lives in shame as she is left with no source of income and three children aged 16, 14 and 4 years to care for. Trouble started in 2003 when she visited her boyfriend Ontiretse Johannes Nobela, 42, also of Ramotswa in Rustenburg where he used to work. Motlhoki tearfully relating her story to The Voice said she still does not know why she was put through such trauma as Nobela does not say why he humiliated her like that. Motlhoki said all she remembers on the fateful day is that she was coming from their rented room when he saw her boyfriend sitting with his friends in a nearby yard. He called on her and asked where she was going. She told him that she is going to the tuckshop to get something to eat.“We sat there without him saying anything or showing signs of anger. When we got home I prepared bread and eggs for us for supper. While leaning against the paraffin stove I felt some liquid all over my body and while I was astonished by what the liquid was I was engulfed by flames all over my face and body. I fell unconscious and I vividly heard him tell me he had called for help and that I shouldn’t tell people what really happened. The next thing I remember was waking up from a hospital bed and in excruciating pain. After gaining conciousness I learnt that he told the doctors who attended to me that I had an accident so no case was recorded,” Motlhoki narrated. She said only later the doctors found out that the burns were not due to the stove and that it showed that some sort of inflammable liquid was used because the burns were all over her face and body but then it was late for her to open a case against him.To add salt to the wounds Nobela left Motlhoki to raise their children on her own with nothing to support them. Motlhoki was a talented hairdresser before her ordeal but now she has turned to a destitute relying on charity and donations from good Samaritans.
Even if she wanted to work nobody wants to hire her because of the scars on her face and body.The once beautiful dark skinned woman is now looking like a “monster” with those hideous scars and people around the village victimise her and call her names. Motlhoki is now afraid of walking around her village as people point and whisper when she passes. She is avoided like a leper; people look at her like it is her fault she looks like that.
According to one of her friends, Motlhoki was a happy and hard working person who was loved by her neighbours. Now they cannot even look at her in the face. She went on to say that it is like she has a contagious disease that people do not want to contract.“Even after putting me through this terrible suffering Nobela left me to raise our children alone despite his pledge to be with me through thick and thin and because he is the reason I am like this. Now he has disappeared from the face of earth. What saddens me is that I used to be independent and now I rely on charity and whatever help I get from those who feel sorry for me,” Neo lamented.“Seeing what Nobela did I went to report him to the police and they tracked him down. He then swore to look after me and the children but that didn’t last as he disappeared two days later. I took him to court so that he can support his children, he only did that for two months and he has since stopped. Now I want him tracked down so that justice can be done,” said Motlhoki.With tears welling up in her eyes Motlhoki told The Voice how this is affecting her and the children psychologically.“My children now have to deal with a lot of trauma of seeing me like this. They are too young to deal with this sort of distress.“I want him to take care of his children as they haven’t done anything to him. It goes to show that he had intentions to do this to me,” said Motlhoki.Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Officer in charge Assistant Superintendent Megale said Motlhoki should go back to the magistrate’s office and tell them Nobela has broken his promise to care for his children and that is when they will hunt him down for justice to be done.Because Motlhoki did not initially report the incident Assistant Superintendent Megale said they cannot convict Nobela for the alleged crime.
Meanwhile this woman cannot get work because of her appearance. Nor can she get financial support from the husband who has deserted her, leaving her with sole responsibility for their 3 children.
http://www.thevoicebw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2099:scarred-and-deserted&catid=50:real-lives&Itemid=73
SCARRED AND DESERTED
Woman horrifically burned by husband then left to care for children
By Thato Gwakuba
Domestic violence shows no sign of abating as each day new cases are reported to the police. Violence can take any form varying from physical, emotional to social. Women are the most affected as they often find themselves vulnerable and defenceless. Every second a woman is battered somewhere in the world, some are afraid to report because they feel as women they have to endure what their husbands and partners dish out to them. Sometimes culture is to blamed as one hears elders advising the newly married women that they should not ask their husbands where they would have been if they come home late. That alone makes women think they do not have the right to do so. The media encourages people to speak out on violence in order to be helped.
Life will never be the same for a Ramotswa woman, Neo Pearl Motlhoki, 37, a mother of three after her then boyfriend and father of her children burnt her with paraffin. Motlhoki is now left with physical and emotional scars and she has to deal with her ordeal all over again as she is now shunned in her village. The once bubbly woman now lives in shame as she is left with no source of income and three children aged 16, 14 and 4 years to care for. Trouble started in 2003 when she visited her boyfriend Ontiretse Johannes Nobela, 42, also of Ramotswa in Rustenburg where he used to work. Motlhoki tearfully relating her story to The Voice said she still does not know why she was put through such trauma as Nobela does not say why he humiliated her like that. Motlhoki said all she remembers on the fateful day is that she was coming from their rented room when he saw her boyfriend sitting with his friends in a nearby yard. He called on her and asked where she was going. She told him that she is going to the tuckshop to get something to eat.“We sat there without him saying anything or showing signs of anger. When we got home I prepared bread and eggs for us for supper. While leaning against the paraffin stove I felt some liquid all over my body and while I was astonished by what the liquid was I was engulfed by flames all over my face and body. I fell unconscious and I vividly heard him tell me he had called for help and that I shouldn’t tell people what really happened. The next thing I remember was waking up from a hospital bed and in excruciating pain. After gaining conciousness I learnt that he told the doctors who attended to me that I had an accident so no case was recorded,” Motlhoki narrated. She said only later the doctors found out that the burns were not due to the stove and that it showed that some sort of inflammable liquid was used because the burns were all over her face and body but then it was late for her to open a case against him.To add salt to the wounds Nobela left Motlhoki to raise their children on her own with nothing to support them. Motlhoki was a talented hairdresser before her ordeal but now she has turned to a destitute relying on charity and donations from good Samaritans.
Even if she wanted to work nobody wants to hire her because of the scars on her face and body.The once beautiful dark skinned woman is now looking like a “monster” with those hideous scars and people around the village victimise her and call her names. Motlhoki is now afraid of walking around her village as people point and whisper when she passes. She is avoided like a leper; people look at her like it is her fault she looks like that.
According to one of her friends, Motlhoki was a happy and hard working person who was loved by her neighbours. Now they cannot even look at her in the face. She went on to say that it is like she has a contagious disease that people do not want to contract.“Even after putting me through this terrible suffering Nobela left me to raise our children alone despite his pledge to be with me through thick and thin and because he is the reason I am like this. Now he has disappeared from the face of earth. What saddens me is that I used to be independent and now I rely on charity and whatever help I get from those who feel sorry for me,” Neo lamented.“Seeing what Nobela did I went to report him to the police and they tracked him down. He then swore to look after me and the children but that didn’t last as he disappeared two days later. I took him to court so that he can support his children, he only did that for two months and he has since stopped. Now I want him tracked down so that justice can be done,” said Motlhoki.With tears welling up in her eyes Motlhoki told The Voice how this is affecting her and the children psychologically.“My children now have to deal with a lot of trauma of seeing me like this. They are too young to deal with this sort of distress.“I want him to take care of his children as they haven’t done anything to him. It goes to show that he had intentions to do this to me,” said Motlhoki.Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Officer in charge Assistant Superintendent Megale said Motlhoki should go back to the magistrate’s office and tell them Nobela has broken his promise to care for his children and that is when they will hunt him down for justice to be done.Because Motlhoki did not initially report the incident Assistant Superintendent Megale said they cannot convict Nobela for the alleged crime.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Dad "nabbed" for battering 5-year-old daughter; had taken her "from custody of her biological mother" (Francistown, Botswana)
I don't know enough about Botswana or the Botswana legal system to completely understand what took place here. Did UNNAMED DAD "legally" take custody of this child from her formerly custodial mother? Or did he simply take her? I suspect that in a developing country, a lot of "custody" is extralegal, since I imagine that most people cannot afford to deal with the courts or similar government authorities. Needless to say, the outcome is similar to what we see in the western or developed countries: An abusive father who just had to have control (custody of the child) and a child that ended up battered and severely injured as a result.
http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=6&dir=2010/January/Thursday21
Abusive father nabbed
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent
FRANCISTOWN: A 27-year-old man of Block Four location in Francistown has been arrested and charged for alleged physical abuse of his daughter.
Kutlwano Police Station commander, Superintendent Rodney Nkokwe said the man was arrested on Saturday after reportedly battering and inflicting severe injuries on his five-year-old daughter. It is alleged that the abuse has been taking place for a long time until recently when the man was arrested.
Nkokwe said the man had taken the daughter from the custody of her biological mother and had been living with her at Block Four where he allegedly abused her with the connivance of the girl's stepmother.
Concerned neighbours, who had witnessed the abuse on several occasions, allegedly reported the matter to the police leading to the arrest of the man. He faces a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, an offence punishable by a jail term of not more than five years with or without corporal punishment.
In the meantime, the matter has been referred to social workers for evaluation.
Nkokwe appealed to parents to stop abusing their children saying that it has a negative impact on the growth of a child. "Children who are abused grow up with trauma and this may negatively affect their lives," he said.
He also indicated that there are many cases of abuse that go unreported, appealing to the public to always report such matters to the police when they witness them. He said: "People should report cases of abuse so that we take action for the protection of the children."
http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=6&dir=2010/January/Thursday21
Abusive father nabbed
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent
FRANCISTOWN: A 27-year-old man of Block Four location in Francistown has been arrested and charged for alleged physical abuse of his daughter.
Kutlwano Police Station commander, Superintendent Rodney Nkokwe said the man was arrested on Saturday after reportedly battering and inflicting severe injuries on his five-year-old daughter. It is alleged that the abuse has been taking place for a long time until recently when the man was arrested.
Nkokwe said the man had taken the daughter from the custody of her biological mother and had been living with her at Block Four where he allegedly abused her with the connivance of the girl's stepmother.
Concerned neighbours, who had witnessed the abuse on several occasions, allegedly reported the matter to the police leading to the arrest of the man. He faces a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, an offence punishable by a jail term of not more than five years with or without corporal punishment.
In the meantime, the matter has been referred to social workers for evaluation.
Nkokwe appealed to parents to stop abusing their children saying that it has a negative impact on the growth of a child. "Children who are abused grow up with trauma and this may negatively affect their lives," he said.
He also indicated that there are many cases of abuse that go unreported, appealing to the public to always report such matters to the police when they witness them. He said: "People should report cases of abuse so that we take action for the protection of the children."
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