Man seeks dismissal of murder charge
Written by Mohale FM on November 24, 2025
The High Court has been asked to acquit 29-year-old Ntisa Ramosebetsi of murder, even before he takes the stand, because the Crown has “failed” to raise a credible case against him.
Ramosebetsi’s lawyer, Advocate Potso Mokhachane, applied for his client’s acquittal at the close of the Crown’s case on Thursday, arguing it had failed to link him to the murder.
Ramosebetsi is charged with the murder of a man only identified as Moorosi, who was allegedly strangled on 8 November 2020 in Sebothoane, Leribe.
The matter is being heard before Justice ’Manapo Motebele at Tšifa-li-Mali, Leribe. She will rule on the discharge application on 1 December 2025.
Adv Mokhachane told the court that the prosecution’s case was riddled with “inconsistencies, procedural errors, and insufficient evidence”. He insisted that investigators had failed to properly question the accused and did not collect or preserve key exhibits.
