The wife of former Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who was charged with the murder of her husband’s first wife, returned to prison on Wednesday after the court annulled her judicial review, an AFP journalist said.
Maesaiah Thabane, 43, was charged in February for her involvement in the 2017 murder of Lipolelo Thabane, the first wife of former head of government Thomas Thabane (2017-2020).
After the cancellation of the judicial supervision measures from which Maesaiah Thabane benefited, the police could not immediately proceed with her arrest because she was in neighbouring South Africa with her husband who had come there for treatment.
The murder of Lipolelo Thabane, a case with many twists and turns, has plunged Lesotho into a serious political crisis.
In an interview with AFP in May, Thabane proclaimed his wife’s innocence saying it was a story being stirred up to try to implicate her.
