The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has welcomed the two life jail terms plus 23 years imprisonment handed down by the Musina Regional Court on Friday, 4 February 2022, against a 30 year old man who was found guilty of raping two women during 2016 and 2017 respectively in the Masisi policing area.
The trial court found that the accused met the victim aged 28 walking alone at Mutele village on 30 April 2016 at about 21:00 and threatened her before he dragged her into the nearby bushes and raped her. He also robbed her of a cellphone.
In other incident that occurred at Tshivaloni village on 21 May 2017 at about 03:00 in the morning, a 29 year old woman was also approached by the accused who raped her on the street. He further followed the victim to her house, broke in and again raped her.
Both cases were reported to the police, and assigned to Detective Sergeant Mulalo Yvonne Manyuwa of Musina Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit for further investigations.
Thorough Police investigations positively linked a 30 year old man, Livhuwani Christopher Tshilande with the two rape cases. He was then arrested and charged with two counts of rape, robbery and house robbery with intention to rape.
He was found guilty on all the charges and finally sentenced to two life imprisonment for 02 counts of rape and 23 years for robbery and house breaking with intention to rape.
Lieutenant General Hadebe further commended the investigating officer for cracking these cases and thereby ensuring the safety of women and children in the province.
