Following a full investigation by the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit Paarl, four men were sentenced on 3 March for sexual crimes that occurred in Paarl East during October 2019.
This was confirmed by Paarl police spokesperson Captain Louise du Plessis.
She said her fellow police officers are overjoyed when convicted criminals get to do their time, no matter how long it takes for actual punishment and sentencing to realise.
“The investigation resulted in Terrence Wessels, Samuel and Matthew Scheepers receiving life sentences while Herschel Fredericks received 13 years imprisonment on respective charges of rape and sexual assault.”
Du Plessis said the incident that led to these successful convictions occurred when the victim was at a party in Paarl East.
“[The victim] was brutally assaulted and raped by the four suspects later that evening. The suspects who had fled from the police where arrested during the period of ongoing investigations,” she concluded.
