By OBAKENG MAJE
A 33-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Mankwe Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FSC) for kidnapping, rape and contravention of a protection order.
North West police spokesperson, Capt Aafje Botma said Mpho Mkhibane Nkwe kidnapped, assaulted and raped his former girlfriend on numerous occasions from 2017 to 2018. Botma added that the former girlfriend obtained a protection order against Nkwe, but he still continued abusing her.
“He ultimately kidnapped her and took her to a mountain where he raped and hanged her. The woman sustained injuries on her face, neck, bruised leg and head caused by a knife and broken bottle. The suspect was arrested in May 2018.
“Nkwe was also declared unfit to possess a firearm in terms of Section 103 of the Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000),” she said.
In another separate incident, a 57-year-old man was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for rape. Botma said Jacob Shimane Mokgatle raped a 12-year-old girl on 5 February 2019.
She said the accused was caught red-handed by the mother of the victim.
“The complainant who is the mother to the victim came home looking for her daughter, but she couldn’t find her. She then went to the next-door neighbour, accompanied by a friend. When they entered the house, they found the accused busy raping her.
“The incident was immediately reported to the police who arrested the suspect. The North West police commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, welcomed the life imprisonment sentence and another 18 years sentence handed down to two accused by the Madikwe Regional Court,” she said.
Kwena applauded the detective, Sgt Taolo Makgotlho of Madikwe Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) for a sterling job which ensured that merciless rapists were given hefty sentences.
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