A 41 year old man was sentenced to 30 years direct imprisonment by Worcester Magistrate’s Court today after he was convicted for raping and robbing a 13 year old female – (25 years imprisonment on a charge of rape and 15 years on a charge of robbery of which 10 years of it will be served concurrently with the rape charge).
It is reported that the victim was on her way home from school when the suspect forced her into a yard at Houmoed in Rawsonville where he raped her in February 2013. The suspect was arrested by the police and bail was successfully opposed for the duration of the trial.
The sentence has been welcomed by the SAPS management in Worcester, SAPS Women’s Network, FCS, Thuthuzela Care Centre as a victory during the 16 Days of Activism campaign on all crimes against women and children.
