TWO KZN men recently received life imprisonment sentences after they were found guilty of having raped minor children in separate incidents.
On Tuesday the Vryheid Regional Court sentenced Themba Shabalala (32) to life imprisonment for raping a then six-year-old child in October 2016 in the Mangosuthu area of Paulpietersburg.
A case of rape was opened at the Paulpietersburg police station and assigned to the Vryheid Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit for investigation.
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Police swiftly arrested the suspect and he was kept in custody throughout the trial.
In a separate case, Mthokozisi ‘Phashash’ Kunene (43) was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Pietermaritzburg
Regional Court for raping a 12-year-old girl in August 2017.
The victim was walking home from school when she encountered the Kunene, who accompanied her as he was known to her.
Kunene then grabbed her and pulled her onto the veranda of an abandoned house and raped her.
A case of rape was opened at the Plessislaer police station and the suspect was immediately arrested.
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