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Media Statement
POLOKWANE – Seshego Regional Court has on Thursday, 31 October 2024, sentenced a 40-year-old male, Molapo Malesela Frans to 15 years direct imprisonment for raping a woman aged 38 in the Kordon village at Matlala policing area, during 2022. The court heard that, on 23 September 2022, at around 07h00, the victim was at her house when the accused known to her visited. She allowed him to enter inside the house, and her children went outside to play. She was surprised when suddenly the accused came to sit near her and grabbed her with a neck. He then dragged her to a bedroom, wherein he raped her. She managed to push him and ran to the local police station and a rape case was then opened. The case was assigned to Sergeant Maretha Mokhudu attached to Seshego Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit for further investigations, and the accused was subsequently arrested. The Provincial Commissioner of police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has welcomed the sentence imposed on the accused. She applauded all the role players who participated in the investigation including the Investigating Officer. Ends
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