The Regional Court in Lephalale in Limpopo has sentenced a 45-year-old man to life imprisonment after he was convicted of raping a 67-year-old woman.
The rape took place in the early hours of the morning in November in 2017. The attacker came to her home to inform her of the death of a mutual family member.
The then 63-year-old accompanied her rapist to the home of their relative. But on their way, he forced her under a bridge and raped her.
He didn’t stop there. The rapist then dragged her to a nearby mountain, where he tried to hang her in an attempt to conceal the crime.
But she escaped and managed to alert community members in a nearby area. A case of rape was opened and members of the Lephalale Family Violence, Child Protection and S.e.xual Offences Unit (FCS) arrested the man a few days later.
He remained in custody for the duration of the investigations and trial.
Limpopo police commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembi Hadebe welcomed the sentence, stressing that perpetrators of s.e.xual violence against the vulnerable – particularly the elderly women – should have no place in society.
-The Citizen
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