BY REGINALD KANYANE

A 35-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for housebreaking and three counts of rape. Thakadu Keoagile from Dryharts village was arrested after raping a 23-year-old victim on February 2014 in Dryharts Village, in Taung.

North West police spokesperson, Sergeant Kelebogile Moleko said the suspect gained entry through the window. “He suffocated the victim with a pillow and raped her. The accused was currently on correctional supervision after being found guilty of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm in Schweizer Reneke. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment back in 2010. Keoagile was further declared unfit to possess a firearm,” Moleko.

-TDN

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