Magistrate Jan Greyvensteyn sentenced Lerato Mahumapelo, 25, and Tlogelo Mooki, 23, both from Rocklands in Bloemfontein, for an incident that took place on December 16 2017.One of the accused, Gomolemo Kganare, failed to attend court during the trial and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
“The complainant committed suicide few months later but the state prosecutor, advocate Ronell Botha, proceeded with the matter.” In aggravation of sentence, Botha requested the court not to deviate from the minimum prescribed sentence because of the seriousness of the offence. “The complainant stated in the victim impact statement that she was being victimised at school, as it was known that she had been raped. This could be the reason she took her own life. What is sad is that a family has lost a child because she was struggling to accept what happened to her,” Botha said.
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Life for men who raped girl, 14, who killed herself over school victimisationTwo of the three men who raped a 14-year-old girl in Bloemfontein in 2017 were sentenced to life by the Bloemfontein sexual offences court.
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