Colonel Adéle Myburgh says the Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the North West welcomed the sentence handed down to Lucky Letlhogonolo Khoza by the Brits Magistrate's Court on Thursday 23 March. 

Khoza was sentenced as follows:

Count one, rape: 20 years

Count two, robbery: five years

Count three, kidnapping: five years

Count one, two and three will run concurrently.

The convict was apprehended on 28 December 2017 after being linked to the crime, reported on Friday 3 February 2017, through DNA results. 

According to evidence presented before the court, Khoza and his accomplice drove in a blue Volkswagen Polo in Newline Section, Maboloka near Brits. They stopped next to the victim and overpowered her. 

They forced her into the vehicle and tied her up with shoelaces, then took her to the Primindia building that was still under construction. Khoza’s accomplice drove off, leaving the pair behind. 

The victim was then tied with a rope to a pole and ultimately raped. The convict robbed her of her cell phone and cash before he fled from the building.

Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Sello Kwena lauded the investigating officer Sergeant Andile Molate of the Brits Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit, for working tirelessly to ensure that the perpetrator was brought to book to face the full might of the law.

Media release - Colonel Adéle Myburgh