North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has welcomed the life imprisonment that 28 year old Richard Ramaisa was given by the Itsoseng Regional Court this week.
"The inclusion of the name of the perpetrator in the National Register for Sexual Offenders and maximum sentence should restore the confidence of our communities in the criminal justice system for indeed justice has been served. We wish to commend the prosecution and the police for a job well done," Premier Mahumapelo stressed.
According to police, the convicted accused who was sentenced on Monday had committed the crime on 16 June 2012 when he raped a 79 year-old woman at Zone 1 in Itsoseng after breaking and gaining entrance into the house.
“The old woman was found sleeping alone in the house and ultimately raped after the accused failed to get his intended victim, the old woman’s granddaughter,” Colonel Saba Mokgwabone said.
Mahumapelo said that the sentence should serve as a deterrent to dissuade perpetrators of sexual violence against the aged, children and the vulnerable which remain a traumatic experience with long term psychological effects and an abominable scourge against which society needs to unite in action to eradicate.
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