A 27 year old man Pogisho Joseph Skalk was sentenced to an effective 24 years in prison after he was found guilty of rape by the Taung regional court on Thursday the 2nd of November 2023. Police spokesperson sergeant Merapelo Pilane says a 62 year old woman was sleeping at her residence in Mountain view, Pampierstad when the accused forcefully entered the house through a window, assaulted and raped her on the 13th January 2021. Pilane says DNA positively linked the accused to the rape. Pilane says the suspect was arrested on the 18th March 2022 and his bail application was successfully denied until he was convicted and sentenced.The police says, in addition to the hefty sentence he was declared unfit to own a firearm.
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