The court heard that in December 2015, the victim visited her grandmother for Christmas in Bundu Inn where the victim’s grandmother is a neighbour to the accused.

The victim was sleeping in her grandmother’s house, then the accused entered and dragged the victim out of the house to the toilet, undressed and raped her. The victim immediately reported the incident to her father and was able to identify the accused and was arrested.

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During the trial, the accused pleaded not guilty, he denied the allegations. Regional Court Prosecutor, Nicky Coetzee led testimonies of the victim, evidence of other several witnesses and the evidence of the victim’s father whom the rape ordeal was reported to before alerting the police. A victim impact report indicated that the victim was traumatised and the accused was found guilty as charged.

The accused was sentenced to 25 years direct imprisonment and the court ordered that the accused’s name is entered into the Sexual Offences Register, the accused was also found not fit to work with children and was declared unfit to possess a firearm.

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The NPA will continue to strive for justice for vulnerable women and children in our society.