Katlehong’s youngest serial rapist sentenced to 30 years imprisonment
A bitter-sweet success for the FCS investigator Sgt Renny Matshavha, whose quality investigation secured that South Africa's youngest recorded serial rapist from Katlehong receive 30 years' imprisonment.
The Gauteng Regional Court sitting in Palm Ridge sentenced a 17-year-old convicted serial rapist to 30-years imprisonment on March 30 for the rape of three minors on separate occasions and locations around Kathorus.
According to the Gauteng provincial communications officer Col Dimakatso Sello, the teenager is believed to be the youngest recorded serial rapist in the history of South Africa.
She said the teenager was 15-years-old at the time he raped three boys, aged between eight and 10, on three different occasions in Vosloorus in 2020.
The case was assigned to Sgt Renny Matshavha, a detective based at Katlehong Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offence Unit.
“Matshavha immediately commenced with her investigation and pieced all the available evidence together.
“Her quality investigation resulted in a solid case brought against the accused in court.”
The acting Gauteng provincial commissioner of SAPS, Maj-Gen Girly Mbele, has welcomed the harsh sentence and commended the investigating officer for leading a quality investigation.
“The sentence handed down to the rapist is a bitter-sweet success. It cannot have been easy for Matshavha to investigate a case whereby the perpetrator is a child, but she persevered in seeking justice for the victims and their families.
“Our relentless efforts in addressing the proliferation of sexual offences will restore the communities’ faith in the SAPS,” said Mbele.
