Dedicated members of the Plessislaer Family
Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences unit hope that recent convictions
they have worked hard to accomplish will instil faith in the police.
Duma said the
first case happened on December 5, 2015, in Hopewell.
He said a
15-year-old girl was walking home from a nearby shop when she was harassed by
a 25-year-old man.
The man also raped
the 15 year old and a case was opened against him at the Thornville police
station.
The suspect handed
himself to the police the next day after police went to his home and did not
find him.
He was eventually
sentenced to life in prison on February 2.
The second success
was a Mid-Illovo case in the Ngwenya location, where an 18-year-old was robbed and raped by one of the men on February 7.
The suspect who
raped the woman is still on the run, while the other appeared in court and
pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery.
He was sentenced
to 10 years in prison.
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South cluster commander Major-General Phumelele Makoba said as the KZN deputy
chairperson of the Women’s Network, her heart was very close to such cases.
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