Judges throw book at rapists
Two convicted rapists - one in North West and the other in
KwaZulu-Natal - have been handed lengthy jail terms, police said on
Friday.
North West police spokesperson Sergeant Kelebogile Moleko
said Ernest van Wyk, 32, was sentenced in the Atamelang Regional Court
on Thursday to life imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl.
On December 2, 2012, the girl was sent “to go and buy chips at a tuck shop by her parents”, Moleko said. Along the way, Van Wyk, who was 27 at that time, convinced the girl to accompany him to his home where he raped her.
KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Major Thulani Zwane said Nkosinathi Mzokhona Ngubane, 36, was convicted in the Ntuzuma Regional Court on Friday and sentenced to 20 years in jail for rape and robbery with aggravating circumstances.
On April 8, 2013, a 41-year-old woman was asleep at her home in KwaMashu hostel, Durban, when Ngubane knocked at the door at about 2am and posed as police officer.
“She opened the door and the accused entered the house and threatened her with a knife. He then demanded cash and a cellphone; after it was given to him the accused raped her,” Zwane said.
A case of house robbery and rape was opened at KwaMashu police station. Through intensive investigation, Ngubane was traced and arrested on March 27, 2015 in the Mtubatuba area where he had been hiding.
“He appeared in court several times until today [Friday] when he was sentenced. He was sentenced to 10 years for rape and 10 years for house robbery,” Zwane said.
KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Mmamonnye Ngobeni commended the officers for the arrest and successful conviction.
“A case never gets rotten, we are pleased that the justice was finally served to the victim,” she said.
On December 2, 2012, the girl was sent “to go and buy chips at a tuck shop by her parents”, Moleko said. Along the way, Van Wyk, who was 27 at that time, convinced the girl to accompany him to his home where he raped her.
KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Major Thulani Zwane said Nkosinathi Mzokhona Ngubane, 36, was convicted in the Ntuzuma Regional Court on Friday and sentenced to 20 years in jail for rape and robbery with aggravating circumstances.
On April 8, 2013, a 41-year-old woman was asleep at her home in KwaMashu hostel, Durban, when Ngubane knocked at the door at about 2am and posed as police officer.
“She opened the door and the accused entered the house and threatened her with a knife. He then demanded cash and a cellphone; after it was given to him the accused raped her,” Zwane said.
A case of house robbery and rape was opened at KwaMashu police station. Through intensive investigation, Ngubane was traced and arrested on March 27, 2015 in the Mtubatuba area where he had been hiding.
“He appeared in court several times until today [Friday] when he was sentenced. He was sentenced to 10 years for rape and 10 years for house robbery,” Zwane said.
KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Mmamonnye Ngobeni commended the officers for the arrest and successful conviction.
“A case never gets rotten, we are pleased that the justice was finally served to the victim,” she said.
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