"Our child can now live in peace without thinking that her rapist will be released from prison and harm her" - Family
A 23-YEAR-OLD man from GaMogashoa village in Sekhukhune, Limpopo, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 19-year-old girl.
Passing sentence Judge Roelof Smith described Freedom Mohlobotho Moela, 23, as a "heartless criminal who had to be removed from society".
Moela raped the girl in GaMogashoa on November 8 2010.
The victim was allegedly on her way home from a party when she met the suspect.
She was forced into the rapist's home, where she was repeatedly raped at knife point.
Lieutenant Colonel Mohale Ramatseba said: "We are satisfied that justice has finally prevailed."
"Our child can now live in peace without thinking that her rapist will be released from prison and harm her," a relative of the victim said.
Provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Simon Mpembe also welcomed the sentence, saying it would serve as a deterrent to would be rapists.
Rape victim now in peace
"Our child can now live in peace without thinking that her rapist will be released from prison and harm her" - Family
A 23-YEAR-OLD man from GaMogashoa village in Sekhukhune, Limpopo, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 19-year-old girl.
Passing sentence Judge Roelof Smith described Freedom Mohlobotho Moela, 23, as a "heartless criminal who had to be removed from society".
Moela raped the girl in GaMogashoa on November 8 2010.
The victim was allegedly on her way home from a party when she met the suspect.
She was forced into the rapist's home, where she was repeatedly raped at knife point.
Lieutenant Colonel Mohale Ramatseba said: "We are satisfied that justice has finally prevailed."
"Our child can now live in peace without thinking that her rapist will be released from prison and harm her," a relative of the victim said.
Provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Simon Mpembe also welcomed the sentence, saying it would serve as a deterrent to would be rapists.