Saturday, 2 November 2013

SA man gets life imprisonment for rape and murder

Anene Booysen


Johannes Kana
A South African court sentenced Johannes Kana, a 21-year-old man to two life terms in prison for the brutal murder of 17-year-old Anene Booysen, who was found disemboweled at a construction site east of Cape Town in February.
She was attacked after visiting a pub and found by a security guard and later died in hospital.
Kana pleaded guilty to punching, kicking and raping Booysen, but denied killing her.
He also denied causing "extensive genital injuries" which, according to prosecutors, caused "her intestines to protrude from her genital area and, ultimately, caused her death".
Before her death Booysen had reportedly named a number of her attackers, but charges were dropped against two other suspects for lack of evidence.
Booysen's rape and murder sparked an outcry in South Africa where around 65,000 sexual offences are committed a year, according to official figures.
But police estimate that only one in 36 rape cases gets reported.
The 21-year-old perpetrator will serve his terms concurrently.
Culled from bangkokpost

1 comment:

  1. 65000 sexual offence cases in a year??? I pity South African women. They are just too, sorry!, weak i think that's why these men ride them like so.
    This is just not fair!

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