The head of the Botswana Defence Force is off the hook, according to
this report in
The Voice:
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) commander, Lieutenant General Placid Segokgo’s warrant of arrest was finally struck off the record on Wednesday before the Court of Appeal (CoA) bench.
High Court Judge Zein Kebonang had issued a warrant of arrest for Lieutenant General Segokgo in December 2016 for failure to obey a court order to reinstate a couple that was fired from the BDF for what the army had argued was an inappropriate relationship between an officer and a junior soldier.
On Wednesday, the couple’s attorney, Othusitse Mbeha told the CoA Bench made up of Judge President Ian Kirby, Judge Monametsi Gaongalelwe and Justice Singh Kirby that they decided not to pursue the matter further as the warrant was issued on account that he (Segokgo) had refused to reinstate the couple, something which he has since complied with.
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The two lovers, subsequently nicknamed BDF Romeo and Juliet, were each charged on August 22, 2014 with a single count of conducting themselves in a manner that was prejudicial of good order and military discipline contrary to the BDF Act.
The issue of costs remains to be decided.
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