Gardener Punished for raping deaf teen

A 49-year-old Maun man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a deaf and dumb student from the school where he worked as a gardener.

It was found out that on the 3rd September, 2016 Oreeditse Kabo spent the night with the teenager who had gone missing from Boyei Primary School with two other pupils earlier that day.

While her friends returned to school, Kabo insisted that the girl remain behind and raped her at night before forcing her to take a bath and sending her back to school the following morning.

When passing sentence, Chief Magistrate Thebeetsile Mulalo said that ...