Cape Town – The Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng sentenced a 35-year-old man from Diepsloot to two life imprisonment terms on Tuesday for raping two minor girls.
According to reports, the accused, Gift Mhlanga, kidnapped and raped the victims aged seven and eight in 2019.
Mahlangu was also sentenced to five years imprisonment for kidnapping and further two years for contravening the Immigration Act, reported TimesLIVE.
The two girls were playing on the soccer field in Diepsloot when they were accosted by the accused.
“He took them to the nearby bush area, where he threatened them and told them he was carrying a gun.
“Mahlangu smeared their faces with sand and proceeded to rape them. On their way home the victims met community members and relayed their ordeal,” the report quoted National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane as saying.
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Following the incident, parents and community members mobilised and assaulted the accused who then fled to the police station to open a case of assault against the community members, The Citizen reported.
However, community members explained to the police what had happened, the report said.
State prosecutor, Given Mbedzi argued that the court should reject the accused’s version that his former girlfriend framed him by placing his semen on one of the minors as the victims testified truthfully without contradiction, the report said.
The magistrate ordered that the accused’s name be entered into the national register of sex offenders.
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