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next to her left breast. PW6 is MAMAKHALA MAPHATHE. She was collecting
firewood in the neighbourhood of the scene of the crime. She responded to a call
and report made to her by some school children in the same manner as PW5. She
also went to the scene of the crime. These are the first adults to arrive at the scene
of the crime. Their observations of the deceased are more or less the same.
MAMAKHALA MAPHATHE, was requested by MATHABISO SEATLANA to
send some messengers to the village to raise further alarm.
PW4, T'SOSA MOKONE, is an uncle of the deceased person. He heard and also
saw the deceased person's mother cry as she proceeded on her way to KHALOLI.
There these two (Pw4 and deceased's mother) adults found the deceased already
dead. T'SOSA MOKONE's evidence shows this court that he observed the blood
stain near the left breast of the dead body of LEFULESELE MAHLOMOLA. The
accused reported to PW3 - LILAHLOANE SELLO, her friend and class mate, that
she stabbed LEFULESELE on the chest with a knife. The actual stabbing was
witnessed by Pws 1 and 2. In her evidence the accused told the court that she
stabbed the deceased on the chest with her brother's knife which she took from the
suitcase where it is kept at their home. The accused pointed out to the court that
she returned the said knife to a place where she got it, immediately after stabbing
the deceased with it.