Double life sentence for child rapist

The incident relating to the case occurred at Lwamondo Village on January 16, last year. The court heard that, on the day of the incident, the accused proceeded to his sister’s kraal. His sister was not at home at that time but only her two daughters aged 12 and 6 were.

The girls were playing in a mealie field when the accused arrived. The court further heard that, on arrival, the accused called the two girls. When they got closer to him, he grabbed the eldest one and raped her after threatening to kill her if she made any noise.

The younger sister managed to escape and climbed a nearby tree. She watched helplessly as the accused was raping her sister. After raping the elder sister, the accused called the little girl who was hiding in the tree. He then raped her in full view of her elder sister. Although the girls’ mother came back later that evening, she didn’t notice anything until the following morning, when she saw some clots on her 12-year-old daughter’s underwear. When she questioned her, the girl told the mother that she and her younger sister had been raped by her uncle the previous day.

That led to the arrest of Netshiendeulu a few days later.

Netshiendeulu was found guilty on two counts of rape. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on each of the two counts. Judge Prinsloo was the presiding officer in the case while Adv Ratshilumela Johannes Makhera prosecuted and Adv Lucky Thomu represented Netshiendeulu.

News - Date: 26 August 2005

Frank Mavhungu

Frank is a Human Resources Manager at the Department of Public Works in Limpopo. He is the longest serving correspondent of the Mirror, having joined us at the end of 1990.  He mainly writes sports reports and resides at Tsianda Village. In 2004, Frank won the National Castle League Award, an award for the best reporter in the SAB league in South Africa.

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