Life jail for rapist SA woman(30) who had sex with boy(10)

SOUTH AFRICA: A KwaZulu-Natal woman who raped her 10-year-old cousin on multiple occasions has been sentenced to life imprisonment, police say.

The Eshowe Regional Court convicted and sentenced the 30-year-old women on Tuesday, police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Thulani Zwane said on Wednesday morning.

“The court heard how she raped a boy last year at Maqhakaza area, Eshowe.”

Zwane said the arrest would send a strong message to others “who might be involved in such criminal activities”.

He said the boy was raped on August 24, last year, after the woman was invited to a birthday party of the survivor’s younger brother in Maqhwakazi.

“After the party, family members, the victim and the accused went to sleep in a rondavel house. In the middle of the night, the accused was caught raping a 10-year-old boy inside the rondavel,” Zwane said.

He added: “When the boy was questioned about rape, he told his mother that he was raped twice before by the same accused.”

Zwane said a case of rape was then opened at Eshowe police station.

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