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Media Statement KIMBERLEY – The Kuruman Regional Court recently sentenced 41-year-old Moses Leck Leier for the rape of a 39-year-old woman in Wrenchville. On 27 July 2023, the victim ended her relationship with the accused and obtained a protection order against him. The accused went to the home of the victim and threatened to beat her with a chain. He then forced her to his house where he raped her. The victim reported the incident to the police and Leier was arrested the next day. The accused was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for rape of which five years’ of the sentence was suspended for five years’ on condition that he does not commit a similar offence during the period of suspension. He was also declared unfit to possess a firearm and his name is to be entered into the National Register for Sexual Offenders. The investigation was led by Detective Sergeant Keitshwaretswe Tshikedi from the Kuruman Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit. Her hard work and thorough investigation secured the conviction and sentence. Ends
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