The High Court has sentenced Tapologo Makwatse to death after finding no extenuating circumstances to justify a lesser penalty. The sentence brought to a close a murder case that tested the limits of mitigation arguments centered on intoxication and alleged provocation. Tapologo was convicted of hacking his ex-girlfriend Dipuo Ramalepa, to death with an axe.
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