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ILLEGAL Lesotho national gets 2 life terms for rape

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THE Sebokeng Magistrates' Court sentenced an illegal Lesotho national, Tshepo Masaleng (27), to two life terms and 25 years imprisonment for four counts of kidnapping and four counts of rape of three minor girls aged 13,14 and 16 years, and a young lady who at the time was 18-years-old.  

The magistrate ordered that his name be added to the National Register for Sexual Offenders and declared unfit to possess a firearm. 

NPA Regional Spokeswoman Lumka Mahanjana said in a statement, “On 29 April 2016 while the 18-year-old girl was walking from school to visit her aunt in Sebokeng, she met Maseleng.

“He introduced himself with a false name and proposed love and when the complainant refused, he pointed her with something that looked like a firearm and forced her into an old building where he raped her.”

Mahanjana said after the rape he accompanied her to where she was going and told her not to tell anyone.

“On her arrival at her aunt’s place, she told her older male cousin what happened. He then took her to the police station to report the matter.”

Mahanjana said on a separate incident on 15 December 2018, the three minor girls were on their way to church in the evening when they met with Masaleng.

“He asked them where they were going and when one of the girls tried to run, he told them he had a weapon they cannot outrun. He instructed them to walk with him until they reached an abandoned building next to Thabong Mall.”

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She added, “The man told them to strip naked and face the wall, and proceeded to rape them one by one. When he was done, he told them to stop walking alone at night. While running to the church they met a woman whom they told about the incident. The woman called the pastor of the church where the minors were going. At church, the pastor called the police, who took them to the police station and medical examination.”

Masaleng was arrested on 07 December at Thabong mall when one of the minor children who was with her mother spotted him and told her mother.

The mother is said to have confronted him and the community members who saw the confrontation apprehended him and called the police.

“He has been in custody since his arrest after the state successfully opposed bail. He was linked by DNA evidence to the offences, however, Masaleng pleaded not guilty to the charges against him,” Mahanjana said.

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