A 33-year-old rapist was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Bafokeng Regional Court in North West after he was convicted for kidnapping and raping a two-year-old toddler.
The rapist was further declared unfit to possess a firearm in terms of the Firearms Control Act, according to North West provincial police spokesperson, Colonel Adle Myburgh.
The court further ordered that the 33-year-old mans name, which is withheld to protect the abused minor, be entered into the register for child offenders.
Evidence led in court indicated that in the morning on Saturday, November 26, 2022, the two-year-old girl was playing in the street with friends at Mogono Section, in Luka Village. The accused then frightened the children who scattered into different directions, said Myburgh.
As the frightened children scattered, the rapist caught the toddler and took her with him.
