A suspected killer’s hopes at freedom hit a brick wall this week, when Molepolole Magistrates Court questioned his bail bid due to confusion over his lawyer’s credentials.
27-year-old Tebatso Koolatlhe made headline news in July last year when he was arrested on suspicion of murdering his pregnant girlfriend, Keamogetse Kgosietsile, 21.
Stuck behind bars ever since, Koolatlhe’s latest attempt at bail backfired because of legal question marks surrounding his recently engaged attorney, Sesupo Masaka.
“I’m not sure if he is authorised to appear before court, there is an interdict from the law that I need him to confirm. If that is true, everything he said here is nullity [legally void]. Ask a family member to request him to write a letter, I will also confirm,” ruled Chief Magistrate, Thebeetsile Mulalu.
Further muddying the murky waters, Masaka was not present during Monday’s mention, with his client unable to give an update on his whereabouts.
The matter was thus rescheduled for 28 May.
Locked up for ten months now, Koolatlhe is accused of strangling his lover to death, allegedly frustrated at her refusal to get an abortion.
The youth had fathered an 11-month old baby with a second girlfriend and seemingly was not ready for another child.
Thought to have been six months pregnant, Kgosietsile’s decomposed body was found buried in a shallow grave in a field at Seherelela on 27 July 2025, two days after she was reported missing.
It is believed she was last seen alive getting a lift from Koolatlhe on 25 July, who came to pick her up from her home in Ntloolengwae ward, Molepolole.
