By Obakeng Maje
Taung-A 32 year-old rapist was sanctioned to 15 years after he was found guilty of raping a Maphoitsile elderly woman.

Boitumelo Bankutlwang,32 was subsequently arrested last year for raping Segomotsi Gaojelwe,78 in Maphoitsile village, near Taung. Taung Regional Court found Bankutlwang guilty.

Bankutlwang accosted at Gaojelwe while fetching firewood in the veld and threatened her with a knife and raped her. Gaojelwe went home and informed her son about the atrocity.

The community of Maphoitsile launched a manhunt and Bankutlwang was arrested while enjoying a beer at a local sheeben.

He has previous cases and the court lashed him with a 15 years imprisonment.-TDN
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