Abram Sesane Modise was sentenced in the Ventersdorp Magistrate's Court in September 2010 after being found guilty of raping a 38-year-old woman on a farm in Palmietfontein.

The woman had claimed that she was sleeping when she felt someone touching her.

She claimed that Modise had pulled her pants down, hit her when she pushed him away and then raped her.

She said she had screamed but there was no one in the house. She said Modise fled the scene after he had raped her.

She said people who came to the house later called the police, who did not come and she only saw a doctor the following day.

Judge Winston Msimeki said according to the doctor's report the woman was not injured, contrary to her claims.

Among other contradictions, he found that her witnesses had testified that she had drunk alcohol while she claimed she was sober.

Msimeki said while contradictions do not lead to the rejection of a witness's evidence, courts have regard to the nature of the contradictions, their regularity and importance and finally their bearing on other parts of the witness's statement.

"The appellant (Modise) was only placed in the complainant's room by her evidence. The complainant, in my view, cannot be trusted. There are many inferences that can be drawn in this matter, the complainant might not have been raped. Someone else might have been the culprit," the judge, said adding that no-one knew what happened.

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Oct 1, 2012

Pointman

What a shoddy headline - Sowetans standards has dropped so far. How abour "Rape conviction overturned".
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Oct 1, 2012

LostGuy

Jail the drunkard woman, on the 2nd thought why was the man convicted if the judge knew that the drunk complainant can not be trusted? the judge must be jailed too, beside he is not the only who have been convicted and jailed for the rape he didnt commit there are a lot of brothers who are in jail bcoz of jealousy from some monsters called women....men always get the end of the stick in matters like this..
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Oct 1, 2012

MophemeKoPitori

This things happen daily, women lie about being raped while try to get some money out of us men! Only God can protect us from these B*****S
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Oct 1, 2012

Mr.Chairman

Women!!
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Oct 1, 2012

Papage

Men just beware and keep your Zip closed
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Oct 1, 2012

malemaforpresident

She must go clean her fken virgina
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Oct 1, 2012

Mdeeva

Basadi,Modise wa batho who have been jailed for fokol,the woman should be arrested for defeating the ends of justice.
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Oct 1, 2012

MSG_S

The only explanation to this k@k is that he was unfortunately sentenced by DRONKIES. Judge, Prosecuting attorney en daai naaier State lawyer, had just finished a bottle of brandy before getting rid of the man.
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Oct 1, 2012

LBS

The REAL tragedy of this story is than women who ARE raped may end up not being believed because of this stupid woman.
Genuine rape statistics are already too high in this country without this BS!! :(
Throw her in jail!!
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Oct 1, 2012

Mmaditopo

Pointman
What a shoddy headline - Sowetans standards has dropped so far. How abour "Rape conviction overturned".
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I agree 1000%.
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