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Kidnapper (20) receives suspended sentence

A man who kidnapped a 14-year-old high school learner recently received a suspended sentence in the Springs Regional Court.

Mais van Vuuren (20) was sentenced to three years imprisonment, suspended for five years, on condition that he is not convicted of a crime committed during the period of the suspension.

Read: Kidnapper sentenced

Capt Johannes Ramphora, the SAPS spokesman, says van Vuuren kidnapped a 14-year-old girl at a local high school on August 15, 2016.

“He was arrested on the same day,” says Ramphora.

Read: 19-year-old miraculously escapes her kidnappers

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