Boschfontein Regional Court hands down 30-year sentence for double-rape conviction
DNA evidence linked the serial rapist to two additional cases at the KaMhlushwa Police Station.
A 26-year-old man was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment by the Boschfontein Regional Court for raping two women. He was sentenced on Tuesday, August 12.
The police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Jabu Ndubane, said the first incident occurred on March 14, 2020, when a 27-year-old woman was visiting her boyfriend’s family home with him, his nephew and others. They were drinking alcohol together.
“She later went to sleep in her boyfriend’s bedroom, and around midnight she noticed a door opening and someone walking out,” Ndubane said. The victim then went outside and asked her boyfriend if he had been in the room, but he denied it.
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She suspected that she had been raped. The matter was reported to the KaMhlushwa Police Station, and a case was opened. The second incident involved a 19-year-old woman from KaMhlushwa.
On November 4, 2021, at around 01:00, she was asleep in her cousin’s rented room when she heard her cousin screaming and saw an unknown man.
“The perpetrator covered them with a blanket and demanded their cellphones. He then took the victim to a field, raped her, and instructed her to return to the room,” Ndubane said.
The victim reported the matter to the KaMhlushwa Police Station, and a case of rape was opened. An investigation linked the two cases. DNA obtained from the convict matched samples from both incidents, leading to his arrest on January 22.
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The accused, already serving a 15-year sentence for rape, received an additional 30 years’ imprisonment for the two new convictions, 15 years for each count. The court also declared him unfit to possess a firearm, and his name will be entered into the National Register for Sex Offenders.
