Given Sibitane, popularly known as “Matsamane” was convicted and sentenced by the Nkomazi Regional Court yesterday to 38 years in prison.
The 29-year-old was sentenced for house robbery and rape committed in 2013. During the trial, the court heard how the accused, Sibitane, together with another accomplice, broke into a woman’s house in March that year.
The pair then took an amplifier, two cellphones and cash before fleeing the scene. Police arrested them two days after the incident.
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During the court proceedings his accomplice was acquitted due to lack of evidence.