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Police and the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) have succeeded in removing two child rapists from Mitchells Plain, with each receiving at least 25 years for two unrelated cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday 3 June, Mitchells Plain Magistrates\u2019 Court handed down sentences of at least 25 years to two rape accused for crimes committed against then 13-year-old girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both men were involved with the girls\u2019 mothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTwo perpetrators have been removed from Mitchells Plain. The victims in both cases were children under the age of 16 years. I thought it good to mention this, that we had this victory as a community that two of the perpetrators of rape are being incarcerated for more than 25 years and we pray there is no option of parole after 25 years,\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

 says Mitchells Plain Police station commander Brig Mark Hartzenberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators and officers attached to the Mitchells Plain family violence, child protection and sexual offences (FCS) unit registered the cases in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first incident, a 13-year-old girl was raped by her mother\u2019s boyfriend during the month of October 2019. The suspect, a 61-year-old man, was living with them at their home in Tafelsig at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The accused was found guilty on three charges of rape and received a sentence of three life sentences to run concurrently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a second unrelated case, a 13-year-old girl was raped on several occasions by her stepfather in Rocklands during 2021. The 59-year-old man was sentenced on two charges of rape. He received 20 years on charge one and 25 years on charge two. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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