MOKOPANE – A MAN was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in the Mokerong court on 7 October for the rape of a 13 year old girl.
The girl was coming from a softball practise when she met Simon Kekana in November 2013.
He requested to take a walk with her. Kekana grabbed the girl and demanded her cell phone, which she refused. He threatened the girl and dragged her to a deserted house where he raped her.
The girl’s aunt took her to the Police where a case of rape was reported.
In January the girl manage to identify Kekana at her homestead when he came to ask for forgiveness for his deeds.
He was arrested and a blood sample was taken and sent to forensic science laboratory.
In another case, the regional court of Mokerong sentenced a 50-year-old man of Mountain View to 16 years imprisonment for rape.
The the victim was a minor child of 14 years.
Mokgotloa requested the child to assist him with a DVD when he grabbed the girl and rape her.
The mother of the girl arrived and immediately reported the matter to the police.
