{"id":856,"date":"2026-01-14T19:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/?p=856"},"modified":"2026-01-14T19:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:01:04","slug":"lethabong-new-years-day-murder-accused-gets-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/lethabong-new-years-day-murder-accused-gets-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Lethabong New Year&#8217;s Day murder accused gets bail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260102-WA0086-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260102-WA0086-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260102-WA0086-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260102-WA0086.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A man accused of stabbing another man to death in Lethabong on New Year&#8217;s Day was released on bail.<br>Thabo Montshosi, 45 was granted R4000 bail on January 9 and the case against him was postponed to March for further investigation.<br>Montshosi allegedly stabbed a 38-year-old man to death with a sharp object following a fight at a pub.<br>North West police said it was alleged that patrons were at a tavern in Lethabong, when some individuals who were also inside the tavern, started igniting fireworks.<br>\u201cThose who were against this confronted them, which led to a fight that started inside the tavern and then moved outside. During the commotion, a 38-year-old victim was stabbed with a sharp object and died instantly.\u201d North West police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Sam Tselanyane said at the time.<br>A group that was with the deceased allegedly attacked Montshosi, who managed to flee the scene on foot.<br>\u201cThe group then identified the suspect&#8217;s vehicle that was parked nearby, and set it alight.<br>Montshosi after hearing that his blue mini cooper was torched and fearing to return to the tavern, he went to the police station to seek help. After being identified as a murder suspect, he was immediately arrested and detained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man accused of stabbing another man to death in Lethabong on New Year&#8217;s Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-banner"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","chromenews-featured":"","chromenews-large":"","chromenews-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"Rapula Mancai","author_link":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/author\/rjmancai\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/category\/top-banner\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":858,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions\/858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}