The Northern Cape Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Phiwe Mnguni welcomed the 70 years jail term handed down to a rapist, Keatlhotse Mothowakae (25). Mothowakae was found guilty on four counts of rape by the Mothibistad Regional Court and imprisoned for raping his ex-girlfriend.
He is convicted for raping his ex-girlfriend in 2015 and 2016. On the day of one of the rape incidents the victim was walking home from church when she was accosted by her ex-boyfriend. During the court proceedings it emerged that Mothowakae was sitting under a tree from where he grabbed his ex-girlfriend as she was passing by.
He then dragged her to his residence, threatening to kill her with a pair of scissors and raped her.
The victim managed to break-loose in the morning and alerted the police about the ordeal she endured at Keatlhotse’s residence. During the rape Keatlhotse took the victim’s cell phone.
The Northern Cape Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Phiwe Mnguni commended the investigating officers, Captain Caren Nel and Sergeant Kenalemang Babeile, for good investigative work. He also applauded the National Prosecuting Authority and Department of Justice for removing the rapist for life from the society.
Keatlhotse was sentenced as follows;
Count 1: Rape 20 years imprisonment
Count 2: Rape 20 years imprisonment
Count 3: Rape 20 years imprisonment
Count 4: Rape 10 years imprisonment
The Mothibistad Regional Court had ordered that the sentences should run concurrently. The convict’s name will be registered in the National Register for Sex Offenders. He was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.
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