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Media Statement
KIMBERLEY – The Prosecution and Investigation teams led by Advocate Nicola Van Niekerk and Detective Sergeant Frans Louw recently succesfully secured a 18 year prison sentence, that was handed down by the Hopetown Regional Court to 24 year old Martin April, following the assault and rape of a male and female victim, at Valeria farm near Hopetown between 23 and 24 December 2022. The investigation revealed that, on Friday, 23 December 2022 the accused assaulted the male victim at a friend’s house and further raped his mother the following day, Saturday 24 December 2022, who was on her way to a hiking spot. The Court found the accused guilty and sentenced him to 3 years imprisonment for assault and 15 years direct imprisonment for rape. The assault and rape sentences will run concurrently. The accused was also declared unfit to possess a firearm. The Pixley Ka Seme District Commissioner, Major General Nomana Mtukushe commended both the Investigation and Prosecution team, citing that Gender Based Violence and Femicide is an ill that has left no gender and sector of society untouched. The police will continue to drive social crime prevention programmes with GBVF groups to address these crimes and change behaviour and social norms. Ends
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