By REGINALD KANYANE
5 November 2024– A man (58) was sentenced to 26 years imprisonment by the Bafokeng Regional Court for rape. On 19 September 2019, an aunt found a note between the school books of her niece (10), highlighting that her uncle raped her at the age of 7, during school holidays.
The letter suggested that the incident took place in Tlhabane, near Rustenburg.
The North West police spokesperson, Colonel Adele Myburgh said her uncle was 50 years at that time. Myburgh said after finding the note, the aunt informed the child’s mother.
“Subsequently, the mother spoke to her child who admitted that what she wrote in the note was true. The police were as a result, informed and the child was taken for medical treatment that confirmed the rape.
“The suspect was traced and arrested two days later. He appeared before the Tlhabane Magistrate’s Court for the first time on 23 September 2019, and was found guilty on 30 October 2024,” she said.
Meanwhile, the North West Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, applauded Sergeant Mmathapelo Sebogodi of Tlhabane FCS Unit for her diligence to ensure that the convict is put behind bars.
The Guardian 