The Mariental Regional Court sentenced a 33-year-old man to 15 years imprisonment for the rape of an elderly woman. Johannes Kangango who is from the Gochas settlement was sentenced by Magistrate Stanley Tembwe at the end of his trial. Kangango was convicted of raping the victim who was 84 years old when the incident happened in February 2019. Kangango raped the elder in her house at the settlement. Kangango was charged with a single offence of contravening 1, and 2 of the Combating of Rape Act, Act 8 of 2000, with a count of rape, he pleaded not guilty to the charge and remained silent and no plea explanation was furnished to the court.
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