2 life terms for KZN rapists
Sentences were handed down to sexual offenders this month.
Detectives from the KwaZulu-Natal Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit secured two terms of life imprisonment and a total of 15 years imprisonment during the month of June.
Commenting on the sentences, Provincial SAPS spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele, said police were working tirelessly to solve criminal acts directed at women and children.
“Last month police have arrested 217 suspects aged between 11 and 80 who are attending court. Five cases that have been finalised in different regional courts in the province and two terms of life imprisonment and a total of 15 years imprisonment were meted out to those accused for rape,” she said.
Mbele said the investigating officers are continuing to bring all perpetrators to book. She urged the community to report sexual offences and not to allow the perpetrators to intimidate them.
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