Two men were each sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment by the Nkomazi Regional Court sitting in Tonga on June 27.
The Court meted out a combined 42-year imprisonment term to the duo, Joeman Masinga (23) and Alex Khoza (28), for rape and kidnapping committed in August last year.
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According to evidence presented in court, they kidnapped a man and a woman to whom they had offered a lift from Tonga to KaMhlushwa on August 15, 2018.
As they were on their way, the driver changed direction and headed towards Mzinti, where they dropped the man off.
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They then covered the woman’s head and drove with her to a secluded area where they both repeatedly raped her.
The matter was reported to the police and the duo was arrested on August 21.
