LOCKS and chains on her bedroom door failed to keep an assailant out in the middle of the night, and now that the man she accuses of raping her has been acquitted, a Port Elizabeth woman fears that she will become a target once more.
its so painful what is happening to SA Report Abuse
Aug 2, 2012
maneater
so the perpetrator is still out there?? now that is why i sometimes condone it when the community take it upon themselves to sort these things out. Report Abuse
Aug 2, 2012
OLDLADY4
Wait guys. If forensic evidence couldn't link the guy, there really is no evidence. What if someone accused you of doing something you did not do? A victim of severe trauma often just picks up a smell, or something as small as someone with a similar built, and it triggers memories. Those memories can easily lead to accusing the person who triggered the memory, and actually believing that it is the guilty person. That is why the justice system has to go on more evidence than just a victim's word. Report Abuse
Aug 2, 2012
lolisted
@OLDLADY4 forensic mean sh!t, I was raped by someone I knew and guess what there was no evidence because he used a condom and believe me it is traumatic but truth be told we have a messed up justice system from the police to the judges. i'd make him pay stru!!!!!! Report Abuse
Aug 2, 2012
Kgaoza606
If only these rapists could think beyond their horny penises and realise they are destroying the lives of people, these fukcas and murders are all the same, they just be thrown in hell and burn with father satan. But they will one day reap what they sow... Report Abuse
Aug 2, 2012
Ndona
Bring back death penalty for rapists and murders!
I'll personally put a bullet into his brain should this happen to my loved one (and be jailed for murder).
We are living in a sick society. Report Abuse
Aug 2, 2012
GORRILAH
At least he is out on the streets so go and get a hit-man(inkabe) and then justice will served. Its not a lot of money to get a hit-man(inkabe) ask me I know. Report Abuse
Aug 2, 2012
BRA-MAFUTHA
What if is not him?
What if is him?
this is a tough one indeed.. Report Abuse
Aug 2, 2012
Nsizwa
So he watched the man crawl,didn't strike him with a bottle/pan/pot Report Abuse
Aug 3, 2012
somaartakeit
I guess one has to thank anc incompetent regime for setting serious offenders off the streets now citizens feel like prisoners in their own homes, I heard that one of most brutal rapists is a convicted criminal who was pardoned by president zuma recently? now SAn women and girls better start weighing your options, ie do you want to keep voting a gov which keeps letting violent and vicious criminals loose on the streets and result in you and your daughters being victims of most violent crime? or are you going to use your votes to usher in a new gov, whom you are going to hold to account iro your security, your childrens education, national health, public transport, basic deliverance of services, its your choice really how long you wanna be held to ransom by criminals running amok, with others looting our public resources, Report Abuse
Aug 3, 2012
LERONEI
God created a man thn, after he decided to create a women so tht a man cn hv fun with her...so why do we hard thm
STREET JUSTICE is our last hope.Burn the dogs to keep our children,mothers,sisters.grans safe.We can not rely on the police and the justice system. Report Abuse
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warburton
its so painful what is happening to SAReport Abuse
maneater
so the perpetrator is still out there?? now that is why i sometimes condone it when the community take it upon themselves to sort these things out.Report Abuse
OLDLADY4
Wait guys. If forensic evidence couldn't link the guy, there really is no evidence. What if someone accused you of doing something you did not do? A victim of severe trauma often just picks up a smell, or something as small as someone with a similar built, and it triggers memories. Those memories can easily lead to accusing the person who triggered the memory, and actually believing that it is the guilty person. That is why the justice system has to go on more evidence than just a victim's word.Report Abuse
lolisted
@OLDLADY4 forensic mean sh!t, I was raped by someone I knew and guess what there was no evidence because he used a condom and believe me it is traumatic but truth be told we have a messed up justice system from the police to the judges. i'd make him pay stru!!!!!!Report Abuse
Kgaoza606
If only these rapists could think beyond their horny penises and realise they are destroying the lives of people, these fukcas and murders are all the same, they just be thrown in hell and burn with father satan. But they will one day reap what they sow...Report Abuse
Ndona
Bring back death penalty for rapists and murders!I'll personally put a bullet into his brain should this happen to my loved one (and be jailed for murder).
We are living in a sick society.
Report Abuse
GORRILAH
At least he is out on the streets so go and get a hit-man(inkabe) and then justice will served. Its not a lot of money to get a hit-man(inkabe) ask me I know.Report Abuse
BRA-MAFUTHA
What if is not him?What if is him?
this is a tough one indeed..
Report Abuse
Nsizwa
So he watched the man crawl,didn't strike him with a bottle/pan/potReport Abuse
somaartakeit
I guess one has to thank anc incompetent regime for setting serious offenders off the streets now citizens feel like prisoners in their own homes, I heard that one of most brutal rapists is a convicted criminal who was pardoned by president zuma recently? now SAn women and girls better start weighing your options, ie do you want to keep voting a gov which keeps letting violent and vicious criminals loose on the streets and result in you and your daughters being victims of most violent crime? or are you going to use your votes to usher in a new gov, whom you are going to hold to account iro your security, your childrens education, national health, public transport, basic deliverance of services, its your choice really how long you wanna be held to ransom by criminals running amok, with others looting our public resources,Report Abuse
LERONEI
God created a man thn, after he decided to create a women so tht a man cn hv fun with her...so why do we hard thmReport Abuse
MsEscobar
STREET JUSTICE is our last hope.Burn the dogs to keep our children,mothers,sisters.grans safe.We can not rely on the police and the justice system.Report Abuse
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