THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO COMBINED SECOND TO EIGHTH PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND INITIAL REPORT UNDER THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA R v Tau Lefu C of A (Cri) Respondent was convicted The Court held that sentencing No.6/2011 for two counts of murder is a prerogative of a trial court. and sentenced to 36 years However, where the sentence imprisonment. He is so excessive as to be grossly appealed against disproportionate to the offence sentence. charged, that amounts to torture and justifies intervention by the Court Sentenced of Appeal. reduced to 20 years. Thuso Matlotlo CRI/A/5/2001 v R Applicant, a 52 year old The accused did not inform the man was charged before a Magistrate magistrate court of the alleged for torture. He raised it for the first abduction of a 14 year old time on appeal. His appeal was girl for marriage. He thus dismissed. pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted. He appealed to the High Court and claimed that he had pleaded guilty because of torture. Mosehle Molise v Officer Plaintiff was arrested on The assault is clearly a criminal Commanding Thaba- suspicion of stock theft. offence for which the Tseka Police Post & 2 While in police custody he perpetrators must be charged. Others was severely assaulted. Plaintiff was awarded M50, Ultimately the cattle were 000.00 for assault, M3, 000.00 found, but not 18 in his