25 years in prison for a man who raped a lesbian

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Members of the LGBTQ community still find themselves in danger with reports of murder and rape happening on daily basis.

This is also follows a recent a case where a 30 years old man from Refengkgotso in Deneysville appearing in Sasolburg Magistrates Court was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for rape and kidnapping of a lesbian woman.

The incident is said to have occurred on March 13th 2020 where the victim went to a local pub to buy alcohol where she was later on told that she is not allowed to leave with alcohol and decided to stay and rather drink the alcohol within the premises.

This is according to NPA Spokesperson in the region Phaladi Shuping who also added that the convicted Tsietsi Mphuti made a move on the victim but was rejected and the victim asked the security to intervene by reprimanding him.

“The victim left the pub just after sunset and Mphuti followed her. On the way, he grabbed her and forces her into his employer’s house he was looking after. The house was also used by church members for counselling sessions. He raped her the whole night and also assaulted her. He only allowed to leave the following day in the morning.”

Mphuti was pointed out at an identity parade by the victim following his arrest.

Mphuti however, in his defense said that the victim and him were in a relationship and the intercourse was consensual. The State Prosecutor discredited his claims and told the court that the two only saw each other for the first time previous day at the pub and there was no relations between the two.

Presiding over the case Magistrate Phakama, gave Mphuti 20 years improvement for rape plus 5 years for kidnapping.