The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in the North West welcomed the 30 years imprisonment sentence handed down to Lucky Letlhogonolo Khoza (38) by the Brits Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 23 March 2023, for kidnapping, rape and robbery of a 24-year-old woman.
Khoza was sentenced as follows:
Count 1: Rape: 20 Years
Count 2: Robbery: 5 Years
Count 3: Kidnapping: 5 Years
The sentence in count 1, 2 and 3 will run concurrently.
The convict was apprehended on Thursday, 28 December 2017, after being linked to the crime, which was reported on Friday, 3 February 2017, through DNA results.
According to evidence presented before the court, Khoza and his accomplice were driving in a blue Volkswagen Polo in Newline Section, Maboloka, near Brits, when they stopped next to the victim and overpowered her.
They forced her into the vehicle and tied her up with shoe laces, then took her to Primindia building that was still under construction.
Khoza’s accomplice drove off, leaving the pair behind. The victim was then tied with a rope to a pole and ultimately raped. The convict robbed her of her cellphone and cash before he fled from the building.
The Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, lauded the Investigating Officer, Sergeant Andile Molate of the Brits Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit, for working tirelessly to ensure that the perpetrator was brought to book to face the full might of the law.
