Kuruman regional court convicted and sentenced a 30 year old man Thabang Tshabadira to 12 years direct imprisonment on the 4th of October 2023. Police spokesperson sergeant Molefi Shemane says the accused was declared unfit to possess a firearm, unfit to work with children and the accused name to be entered in the national register of sex offenders. Shemane says Tshabadira was found guilty of raping an 18 year old woman and robbed her R200-00 in Bothitong on Sunday, the 28th of October 2018. He says the accused allegedly chased the victims' female friend away and then held the victim by her arm and went with her into the bushes where he raped her. Shemane says the following - - - - - "Insert" (Bothitong)"Interview" (KURUMAN)
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