By BAKANG MOKOTO
25 March 2025- A man (37) sentenced to life imprisonment for rape. On 18 September 2022, the girlfriend left her boyfriend with her younger sister and visited her mother in hospital in Postdene, near Postmasburg.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Sergeant Molefi Shemane said, however, the boyfriend raped the younger sister (13). Shemane said that evening when the sister returned from the hospital, she found the child extremely upset.
“The victim reported the incident to her sister, who subsequently contacted the police and a case of rape was registered the same night. The accused was arrested the following day, 19 September 2022.
“On 17 March 2025, the Postmasburg Regional Court found accused guilty and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment for rape and life imprisonment for rape. Count 1 to run concurrently with the sentence of count 2,” he said.
He further said the boyfriend who was entrusted to look after a girl, rather took advantage of the situation and sexually assaulted and raped her. He added that the accused was declared unfit to possess a firearm, and his name is to be entered into the National Register of Sexual Offenders.
“He was also declared unfit to work with children,” said Shemane.
Meanwhile, the Northern Cape Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, has embraced the hefty prison sentence handed down to a child rapist. Otola applauded Detective Sergeant Gaolatlhe David Mongake of Postmasburg Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit for the meticulous investigation conducted in ensuring the accused is removed permanently from society.
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