
The incident occurred on 18 July 2022, when the accused knocked on the victim’s door, pretending to buy cigarettes. He then followed her, grabbed her, and dragged her to the floor, tying her hands with shoelaces before raping her.
The victim managed to push him away and ran to her parents, who were attending a night vigil at a neighbour’s house. The police were notified, and the suspect was immediately arrested.
The Burgersfort Regional Court found him guilty and sentenced him to 18 years in prison, in addition to declaring him unfit to possess a firearm and registering him in the sexual offenders’ records.