By OBAKENG MAJE
Two men were sentenced to three life imprisonment by the Kuruman Regional Court for raping an elderly woman (52) and a mentally-disturbed woman (38) in separate incidents. On 1 May 2016, Thabo Mosieleile (28) broke into a house of an elderly woman, while she was asleep and raped her.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Sergeant Timothy Sam on 15 October 2017, Mosieleile along with his accomplice, Ernst Gaotlhope (37) broke into a house with the intention to rape. Sam further said Gaotlhope raped a mentally-challenged woman.
“The police positively linked the duo to the crimes through DNA samples collected from the victims. Mosieleile was sentenced to two life sentences for rape and a further 12 years for the housebreaking with the intent to rape.
“His accomplice, Gaotlhope was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a mentally challenged victim. Both accused persons’ names will be included in the National Sex Offenders’ database,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Northern Cape Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola applauded Detective Sergeant Tokkie van Rensburg for her thorough and meticulous investigation of the case. Otola said that the might of justice has no time limits and the police will continue unabatedly to support Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBV&F) victims.
“They will dig deeper in ensuring that, perpetrators committing these heinous crimes will feel the full might of the law,” she said.
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