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| The Lesotho prime minister’s wife Maesaiah Thabane |
MASERU Lesotho
The Lesotho prime minister’s wife Maesaiah
Thabane was released on bail overnight, ahead of her trial for the murder of
his previous wife, her lawyer told Reuters on Thursday.
Maesaiah
was detained and charged this week for the murder of Prime Minister Thomas
Thabane’s estranged wife Lipolelo, who was shot dead near her home in the
capital, Maseru, on June 14, 2017.
Thabane took office two days after the
killing, then two months later he and Maesaiah, now 42, got married.
The
trial is currently scheduled for February 18.
Her
lawyer Rethabile Setlojoane told Reuters by telephone that Maesaiah would
travel to South Africa for a medical examination on Thursday, although it isn’t
clear if she will be allowed to leave the country.
The
prime minister’s previous wife Lipolelo, then 58, and Thabane, now 80, were
going through an acrimonious divorce at the time of her killing.
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