SECUNDA – Sydwell Phakathi (34) was sentenced to 15 years’ inprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl.
The crime occurred in Leslie when he called the girl to his house where he raped her in his room.
In another case, Nzikiso Phuzi (38) was sentenced to 10 years’ inprisonment on 29 November at Secunda Regional Court.
He appeared in court on charges of rape.
The crime happened in Leslie when he raped a 39-year-old woman in the bathroom of her house.
Both offenders’ names appeared in the Register of Sexual Offenders and they were declared unfit to possess firearms and to work with children.
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