The NPA provincial spokesperson, Phaladi Shuping, says they note the acquittal of Mojalefa Letele by the High Court Judge Pitso Molitsoane, on Wednesday.

This after Letele brought an application to have charges of murder and conspiracy to murder Stuurman dropped. Molitsoane dismissed the state’s argument that Letele had conspired with the convicted inmate Jongikhaya Samsam to kill Stuurman because of bad blood between the two officials. Molitsoane said no reasonable court would have convicted Letele, given the evidence led by the state during the trial.

Handing down his judgment, Judge Molitsoane said the testimony given by Samsam, who is convicted of brutally killing Stuurman and raping her colleague in 2019, falsely intended to incriminate Letele in the murder plot. He says despite allegations made by Samsam about the plot or contract to kill Stuurman, Samsam's story lacked details of Letele's participation in the murder plot. 

The Judge bemoaned the lies and contradictions from inmates, including Samsam, who testified on behalf of the state.

He said it was clear that Samsam murdered Stuurman for his own selfish reasons. It's said that Samsam thought Stuurman disrespected and undermined him and therefore he was coiled to take her out. This after he allegedly made this confession to one of the inmates that he wanted to stab her.

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