This follows his sentencing on Wednesday. 

Northern Cape police spokesperson, Mashay Gamieldien, says Julies was linked to two rape cases involving a 14-year-old and 23-year-old female.

“The accused threatened and raped the 14-year-old female victim on 12 March 2019 when she was walking home from Pampierstad to the smallholdings in Hartswater via the Piet Strydom Road. While walking home, she met up with the accused who grabbed her and threatened her with a knife before forcing her to undress in the veld. He then raped her and fled the scene. He was also linked to another rape case involving a 23-year-old female that will be on trial in the Warrenton Circuit Court in February 2021,” says Gamieldien.

Gamieldien further adds that days later, after the incident, the 14-year-old victim spotted the accused at Pampierstad Mountain View and alerted the police who immediately arrested the accused. 

However, after being detained, the accused escaped from lawful custody and was re-arrested on the same day. Julies was also declared unfit to possess a firearm and his name was recorded in the National Sexual Offences Register.

The Hartswater FCS Commander, Gideon Ferrelson, commended the police for the diligent investigation which led to the incarceration of the perpetrator.

OFM News/Blaine Jones