The Mossel Bay Regional Court sentenced a rapist to life imprisonment for rape, five years’ for sexual assault and three years’ for theft on 20 June 2023.
In May 2004, the four-year-old victim was on her way to school when the accused picked her up along the road and said he would buy her chips.
The accused then took the victim into a bush where he brutally assaulted and raped her.
The case was assigned to Warrant Officer Sedrick Marks of the Mossel Bay FCS Unit who started his investigation with no leads to solve the case.
DNA was discovered on the underwear of the victim and was sent for testing. Two years later Warrant Officer Marks arrested a suspect on a charge of rape in an unrelated matter and the DNA results revealed that this is the same suspect who raped the four-year-old girl.
He used the evidence at his disposal and presented it before court in which the accused was found guilty on the charges against him.
The court also ordered that the accused name be recorded in the National Register for Sex Offenders.
The Western Cape police management lauded the investigating officer and the prosecuting team for making sure that a criminal land behind bars.
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