Serial rapists aged 29 & 33 get combined 400 years imprisonment

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The High Court in Thohoyandou in Limpopo has handed down a hefty sentence for two serial aged 29 and 33 who committee cruel crimes since 2011 with victims going down as young as 12 years old.

Brigadier Motlafela said Nyandano Mudulahothe (29) and Peter Mugovha (33) went around in the Thohoyandou Policing precinct terrorizing people assaulting, raping and robbing them of their items.

The court heard how a total of 26 victims aged between 12 and 30 were humiliated and tortured by the now convicts during their ordeals.

“In one of the indents that took place in 2015, the two men armed with firearms broke into a house at night, dragged two sisters aged 4 and 14 from their bedroom to their parents’ room, who were sleeping with their 6-month-old sibling. The accused brutally assaulted the couple and thereafter forced the man to have sexual intercourse with his wife in front of their children.”

“The hard core criminals thereafter took turns raping the 14-year-old child in the presence of her family before they robbed the victim’s cell phones and cash amount of money.”

“In another incident that occurred during the same year (2015), a 12-year-old girl was walking from school when she was accosted by the accused who forced her to the nearby bushes and took turns raping her” added Brigadier Mojapelo.

Following intense investigations by the police, they were arrested in 2016 and have been making several court appearances after being denied bail.

They were ultimately convicted and sentenced to multiple life imprisonments.

The sentences were passed as follows:

Accused no1: Nyandano Mudalahothe

▪ 03 counts of rape – 3 life sentences each

▪ 08 counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances- 16 years imprisonment each

▪ 03 counts of house breaking with intent to commit crime- 5 years imprisonment each. The court ordered that count 2 and 3 run concurrently, meaning the accused will serve an effective 3 life terms in prison plus 15 years imprisonment.

Accused no 2: Peter Mugovha

▪17 counts of rape: 17 life imprisonment

▪16 counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances: 15 years imprisonment each

▪ 04 counts of house breaking: 05 years imprisonment each

▪ 03 counts of Assault GBH: 03 years imprisonment each

▪ 01 count of Assault Common: 01 year imprisonment

▪ 01 count Kidnapping: 05 years imprisonment.

The court ordered that count 2 to 6 run concurrently, meaning the accused will serve an effective 17 life terms in prison plus 15 years imprisonment.