KIMBERLEY – The Northern\nCape Police Management welcomed a life term imprisonment handed down on a\n36-year-old Tebogo Nkatlelang. On Friday, 20 March 2020, the Danielskuil\nRegional Court found Tebogo guilty and jailed him for life, for raping a\n12-year-old visually impaired girl. In 2012, January 28 at approximately 5pm,\nTebogo lured the 12-year-old victim to his residence to collect R5.00. The\nvictim arrived at Tebogo\u2019s residence in the company of her 14-year-old friend\nand her other siblings. Instead of giving the victim the R5.00 he promised, he\ninstructed his nephew to take the victim\u2019s siblings back to their residence.\nThe victim remained behind with her 14-year-old friend. He bought beers and\ntook both the victim and her 14-year-old friend to a nearby graveyard in\nDanielskuil where he raped her. During the trial it emerged that Tebogo was\nviolent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He left the victim on\nthe crime scene fighting for her life. It was dark, she is visually impaired\nand she could not walk home on her own. She also sustained grievous bodily\ninjuries. The victim was assisted to walk home by people who were passing by\nnear the area where the rape incident took place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Police Management in\nthe Northern Cape, commended the investigating officer Warrant Officer, DJ Bob\nfor excellent and meticulous investigative work, which resulted in seeing\nTebogo being sent to jail for a life term. The Management continued to praise\nthe National Prosecuting Authority and Department of Justice for removing\nTebogo Nkatlelang, permanently from the\ncommunity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource: South African Police Service\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"