By TDN

Taung-Three life sentences should serve as a deterrent and restore confidence in

criminal justice system-Premier Modise  *

 

North West Premier Thandi Modise has welcomed the three life sentences given to a man accused of murder, rape and robbery.

 

 

 

Premier Modise said that the sentence given to Matthews Koko Moeketsi by

the North  West High Court on Tuesday should serve as a deterrent that

should sent a strong  and unequivocal message that there is no place in

society for those who terrorise the aged ,the vulnerable and perpetrators

of the scourge of rape against women and children.

 

 

 

“These are the harsher sentences that should restore the confidence of our

communities in the criminal justice system for indeed justice has been

served. We wish to commend the prosecution and the police for a job

well-done” stressed Modise.

 

Mooketsi was sentenced on Tuesday for raping an elderly woman, murdering

her husband and robbing them in Pampierstad. He was given a life sentence

for each crime.

 

According to police, the 30-year-old Mooketsi had stormed into the elderly

couple’s home in Itireleng Village on New Year’s Eve in 2011.

 

 

He allegedly raped and assaulted the 62-year-old woman and assaulted her

85-year-old husband, who was blind and thereafter robbed them of clothes

and household appliances.

 

 

The couple was taken to Taung hospital, where the husband later died.

 

Mooketsi was caught three months later in Bloemfontein.-TDN

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