Lesotho: Prosecutor Challenges His Arraignment Over M1500 Bribe

A BEREA prosecutor, Lefu Penane, who faces criminal charges of soliciting a M1500 bribe, is challenging the decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Hlalefang Motinyane, to try him before the High Court. He would rather be tried at the magistrates’ court which he argues has the power to hear “minor” cases like his.

Penane, a district public prosecutor in Berea, has therefore petitioned the High Court asking it to decline jurisdiction over his case.

According to the indictment before…