Collen Rorisang Mogotsi, 32, was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for the brutal murder of his five-month-old son after the childs mother revealed he was not the biological father.
The Lehurutshe Regional Court delivered the verdict on Tuesday, September 17, with the judge not only condemning Mogotsis actions but also declaring him unfit to ever possess a firearm under the stringent Firearm Control Act of 2000.
The incident occurred in the early hours of November 8, 2017. Police responded to a report from Willowpark, Lehurutshe, where the infant's lifeless body was discovered. The baby had sustained head and other injuries.
He was declared dead by Emergency and Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) on the scene, said said Colonel Adle Myburgh, police spokesperson.
It was reported that the baby's mother and her boyfriend, Mogotsi, had a disagreement earlier that night in Dinokana village, outside Zeerust.
