Woman jailed 20 years for raping nine-year-old neighbour
A 19-year-old woman has been sentenced to 20 years’ direct imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), in one of several sentences recently handed down by the Umzimkhulu Regional Court.
Court’s crackdown on sexual offences The conviction came as part of a wave of serious sexual offence cases reaching the sentencing stage at the end of the month, following investigations by the Kokstad Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit.“The woman called the victim to her room, where she instructed the child to undress and raped her with her fingers,” said KZN police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda.
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