| Twenty years imprisonment for rape | |
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| Date Published: | 2015/05/14 |
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Media Statement from KwaZulu Natal Media Centre On 12 May 2015, the Verulam Regional Court convicted and sentenced Sibusiso Nimrod Ndimande (37) to an effective twenty years in prison for raping a girl who was nine-years old at the time of the incident. It is alleged that in March 2011, Ndimande took two children aged six and nine into his room at Southgate in Phoenix and raped them. The children reported the incident to their parents and a case was opened at the Phoenix police station. The docket was forwarded to the Phoenix Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit for investigation. Ndimande was arrested and charged for rape. His conviction came after an intensive investigation by a devoted Phoenix FCS detective who gathered all the evidence and sent a well prepared docket for prosecution. During the trial the family of the then 6-year-old child refused to co-operate. They refused to testify at the trail and it was a major disappointment for the investigating officer who worked tirelessly to secure a conviction and put the rapist behind bars. Detectives and prosecutors tried fruitlessly to plead with the family to testify so that the rapist could receive a stronger sentence. He was eventually convicted and sentenced on only the one rape. The KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Mmamonnye Ngobeni was disappointed when she heard that the family of the victim deprived her of her constitutional rights as a rape victim. “We appeal to the community to work with police in curbing crime and securing successful convictions by testifying in court when needed. I would like to thank the family of the other victim for their assistance with the testimony,” she said. Media enquiries: Colonel Jay Naicker- 082 556 7865 kzn.mediacentre@saps.gov.za
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