Barely a month after the world commemorated the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, the Court of Appeal on Thursday added to the list of inmates queuing for a date with the hangman. Three CoA judges unanimously rejected an appeal by one Joseph Poni Tselayarona and confirmed the death sentence imposed by the high court for the murder of his girlfriend's three year old child. "On the murder of Miguel Keikanne (3), the appeal is dismissed and the conviction and the death sentence confirmed," said the judge as family members of the young killer brokedown in tears in the public gallery. It would probably be the last time they catch a glimpse of him in full health. Such was the pronouncement by Court of Appeal judge Lakhvinder Singh Walia on Thursday morning condemning Tselayarona to the gallows following a gruesome murder of his girlfriend and her three year old son in Molepolole. Shortly before then Justice Walia, whose decision is supported by Judges Isaac Lesetedi and Zibani Makhwade, had also confirmed conviction and sentence of 20 years for the murder of Miguel's mother -Ngwanyanaotsile Keikanne. The young Tselayarona stood motionless betraying any emotions, frozen inside the wooden…
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