By BAKANG MOKOTO
A man (49) was sentenced to 38 years imprisonment by the Kimberly Regional Court for rape, kidnapping and assault. During the early hours of 27 February 2010, a victim (13) and her friend, were on their way home in Galeshewe when they were accosted by the accused, Themba Dipheko.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Lieutenant Col Sergio Kock said Dipheko grabbed the victim and raped her at knife-point in a toilet at a nearby house. Kock said the accused fled the scene afterwards.
“In a separate incident on 27 September 2015, the accused met his ex-girlfriend (46) in the street in Galeshewe Township, and stabbed her in the face without any provocation.
“The two cases were combined in court and Dipheko was found guilty. He was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for rape, five years for kidnapping and eight years for assault GBH,” he said.
Kock further said the sentences will run concurrently and Dipheko’s name will be entered in the National Register for Sex Offenders.
Meanwhile, the acting Northern Cape Police Commissioner, Major General Luntu Ngubelanga, embraced the hefty prison sentence handed down to Dipheko. Ngubelanga lauded the Detective Sergeant Simphiwe Mdunge of the Provincial Serial and Electronic Crime Investigations unit for his relentless determination in securing the hefty sentence of the GBVF perpetrator during Women’s Month. “Detectives will continue to robustly and vigorously investigate all contact crimes,” he said.
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