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Media Statement POTCHEFSTROOM – The Bafokeng Regional Court handed down 10 years imprisonment this week to a 33-year-old rape accused for kidnapping and raping a two-year-old toddler. The convict was further declared unfit to possess a firearm in terms of section 103 of the Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000). The court further ordered that the accused’s name be entered into the Register for Child Offenders. Evidence led in court indicated that in the morning on Saturday, 26 November 2022, the two-year-old girl was playing in the street with friends at Mogono Section, in Luka Village. The accused then frightened the children who scattered into different directions. He caught the toddler and took her with him. After a while, her parents and neighbours started looking for her and discovered her naked in the convict’s bath tub. The child was immediately removed and taken to the police, who arrested the accused shortly after the incident was reported. He made a series of court appearances until he was found guilty and sentenced. The Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena and the Director for Public Prosecution, Dr Rachel Makhari welcomed the sentence and applauded the Investigating Officer, Warrant Officer Christopher Maimela of Rustenburg Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit and the Prosecutor, Advocate Zola Mpayipheli, for their teamwork and being equal to the task of ensuring that the accused is convicted. Parents are reminded to always know where their children are and to ensure that they (children) play under the watchful eye of responsible adults. Ends
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