A judge sentenced a 19-year-old man to life in prison for gang raping his 13-year-old neighbor who was walking home from school.
Magistrate Kgame Shai said the sentence would act as a deterrent to young people who thought their age would let them off the hook for serious crimes. [IOL]
The 19-year-old, an eighth grader at ZB Kunene Secondary School in KaNyamazane, threatened to assault the girl if she had told anyone, and “the court noted” he showed no remorse. Two male suspects were acquitted because the girl could not positively identify them. A fourth suspect remains at large.
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