Cab Driver Killers Executed In Botswana

Remember the two cab killers,Moabi Mabiletsa and Matshidiso Boikanyo,have been executed today in the morning

Botswana Prisons Service has confirmed the execution,both convicted murderers who 2013 brutally killed a cab driver Vincent Mopipi, stabbing him 44 times with a knife.

Court of Appeal dismissed their appeal in February 2019. Justice was served today early this morning by hanging

Statement from Prisons reads:

The Botswana Prison Service wishes to inform the Public that the execution of the death penalty passed on Mr Moabi Seabelo Mabiletsa, 33 years of Mafitlhakgosi in Tlokweng and his co-accused Mr Matshidiso Tshid Boikanyo, 39 years of Lesetlheng Ward in Tlokweng, was carried out today, Saturday  28th March  2020 at Gaborone Central Prison in the morning.

This follows a death sentence which was imposed on them by the

Gaborone High Court on the 01 December for the offence of murder.

The High Court convicted Mr Moabi Seabelo Mabiletsa and Mr Matshidiso Tshidii Boikanyo for the murder  of  Mr Vincent Mopipi, a cab driver, on the 13th September 2013, at Block 9 location in Gaborone.

They later appealed the judgement but were dismissed on the 08 February 2019 by the Court of Appeal.