Paedophile jailed for 5 life terms
The boys would be lured to the house to play there or have a meal
The Ladysmith Regional Court sentenced 37-year-old accused Nonhlanhla Magwaza to an effective five terms of life imprisonment last week.
Magwaza stood accused of raping five boys between June 2014 and February last year. His victims were all aged between nine and 12 years of age. The children were raped at his homestead in the Bergville area.
The boys would be lured to the house to play there or have a meal.
After the children were raped, Magwaza would give them a couple of rand to keep the ‘secret’.
Magwaza continued with his despicable practices until one of the children spoke up and reported the incident to his mother.
The accused was arrested the very same day by Bergville police and the ensuing investigation revealed that four other boys had suffered the same fate.
During the trial, the young victims gave excellent evidence which eventually led to the conviction and five life sentences.
In addition to the life sentences, the accused was declared unsuitable to work with children and his details are to be placed on the National Register for Sexual Offenders.
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Mmamonnye Ngobeni welcomed the heavy sentence handed down to the accused. ‘This will serve as a warning to other criminals who are thinking of committing crimes like this. I appeal to victims of any type of abuse to report the abuse to police so that abusers will be arrested,” she said.
