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Lepota Natsoane V Rex (C of A (CRI) 05/2023) [2025] LSCA 44 (2 May 2025)
The Court of Appeal of Lesotho substituted culpable homicide for murder after finding the trial court failed to prove intent to kill beyond reasonable doubt.
Rex V Molahlehi Mahlalela (CRI/T/0062/2024) [2025] LSHC 16 (6 February 2025)
The High Court of Lesotho convicted the accused of culpable homicide after a guilty plea was accepted and imposed eight years’ imprisonment, suspended for three years.
Rex V Rants'o TSoho (CRI/T/0070/2018) [2023] LSHC 255 (25 October 2023)
The accused exceeded the limits of private defence by fatally shooting the deceased in the head when less lethal means were available, making him guilty of culpable homicide. His remorse, compensation offer, and first offender status justified a wholly suspended sentence with conditions.
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Rex v Mokhupi (CRI/T/0034/2022) [2023] LSHC 8 (9 March 2023)
The High Court of Lesotho convicted five accused of culpable homicide, not murder, after a fatal assault during an attempted initiation-school escort.
Rex v Morabe (CRI/T/0018/2020) [2022] LSHC 90 (22 April 2022)
The accused's admission was voluntary and admissible; his version was not credible as it was not put to Crown witnesses and was contradicted. The evidence did not prove subjective intention to kill but established negligence, amounting to culpable homicide.
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Rex v Mereko (CRI/T/0187/2017) [2022] LSHC 97 (16 February 2022)
The High Court of Lesotho sentenced the accused after a guilty plea to culpable homicide, imposing a 4-year prison term wholly suspended for one year.
Rex v Mosoeu (CRI/T/0088/2017) [2022] LSHC 93 (9 February 2022)
The High Court of Lesotho sentenced a man who pleaded guilty to culpable homicide to six years’ imprisonment, wholly suspended for three years, and ordered compensation.
Paamo v Rex (C of A (CRI) 6 of 2013) [2014] LSCA 51 (24 October 2014)
The appellant was properly identified as the person who fired in the direction of the fleeing students. However, the Crown failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant had subjective foresight and reconciliation with the possibility of death (dolus eventualis). Therefore, the conviction for murder is substituted with culpable homicide, and the convictions for attempted murder are substituted with assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
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R v Zacharia Katu (CRI/T 27 of 2003) [2013] LSHC 64 (30 September 2013)
The High Court of Lesotho rejected self-defence and convicted the accused of culpable homicide after he shot a woman near a shop fence, then sentenced him to three years.
Mokete Mokhobo v Rex (C of A (CRI) 3 of 2012) [2013] LSCA 12 (19 April 2013)
The Court of Appeal altered a murder conviction to culpable homicide after finding the trial court failed to address extenuating circumstances and misapplied the evidence.
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