Caught, pleaded and sentenced. Only 13 days after Juame Thorne (26) and Luwayne de Wee’s (25) disgusting crime in the Tsitsikamma National Park, the two rapists were sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday.
On Sunday, June 14, 2015, at about 12:00, they raped an American woman (47) more than once, on a hiking trail while she was jogging past them.
They beckoned her, but she continued to run.
That’s when they caught up with her, dragged her into nearby bushes and both raped her.
Her apt description of Thorne and De Wee’s tattoos led to their arrest a few hours later.
She was treated in the Knysna Hospital and shortly after her discharge, took the first flight to Gauteng, where she teaches at a school.
She was not present at the Storms River Magistrate Court on Friday when the men, who pleaded guilty, were sentenced on charges of rape.
The community, however, was delighted with the outcome of the case. “I welcome this judgment, because combating violence against women and children is a priority for us. Sentences like this will certainly pursue the perpetrators fright,” said Brig. Neil Jantjies, police area commander, in a statement.
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