A 28- year -old rapist who violated his girlfiend‘s mother at knifepoint has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.
According to Chief Magistrate Mulalo the offence of rape ordinarily carries a minimum imprisonment term of 10 years, and the fact that he did not care to use protection during the act placing the victim at risk of sexually transmitted infections aggravated the offence.
“I looked at the facts of the matter but I have not found any exceptional extenuating circumstances but instead I found aggravating factors. He did not care to use protection exposing the victim to sexually...
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