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A Mpumalanga man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for raping a 15-year-old girl in Boschfontein. Sam Thobela was found guilty of the rape in the Boschfontein Regional Court on Friday.
Provincial NPA spokesperson Monica Nyuswa said Thobela attacked the minor while she was walking to meet her mother at work. DNA evidence linked Thobela to the crime.
“The victim was on her way from Block B, to her mother’s work in Block C, when she came across the accused who dragged her to the sugar-cane plantation and raped her,” Nyuswa said. “While walking back, the victim met with her brother who saw her crying and emotional.”
The girl told her brother about the attack and her mother was notified. Police took the victim to the Tonga Thuthuzela Care Centre for treatment and counseling, Nyuswa added.
