A 50-year-old man who raped a four-year-old in front of her friend will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Keoagile “Takaki” Mokone from Pepsi Village outside Kuruman was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday (07/08) by the Mothibistad Regional Court.
Brig. Mohale Ramatseba, police spokesperson, says the incident occurred in May 2014 when Mokone took the child to his sister’s RDP house and raped her in the presence of the child’s friend.
Before the incident the child was playing with her two friends who are the same age.
She apparently then asked Mokone for money whereafter he took them to the house where the incident occured.
Thereafter he gave the two children money to go and buy him cigarettes.
Upon their return, he then gave them the change from the money and told them not to tell anyone about what had happened.
When the girl arrived home, she told her grandmother about the incident.
The police were notified and the accused was arrested.
The provincial head of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit, Brig. Nicky Mills, commended Sgt Reginald Kwenamore for his investigation.
The JTG District Commander, Maj. Gen. Johan Bean, praised the Department of Justice, the National Prosecution Authority and the Department of Social Development for working closely with Kwenamore to ensure that justice was served.
