SOUTH AFRICAN MAN SENTENCED TO TWO LIFE SENTENCES FOR RAPING AND KILLING 14-MONTH-OLD BABY

A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to two life sentences by the Johannesburg high court for raping and murdering a 14-month-old baby girl.

ENCA reports that the man kidnapped the child and its mother then raped and killed the baby in September 2015 in Tembisa.

He was also sentenced to an additional 10 years imprisonment, which will run concurrently with the life sentences. He will be legible for parole in 25 years.

Judge Bashier Vally said while handing down the sentence that the way the crimes were committed showed that he had no regard for the baby, by raping the baby and leaving her in a field.

Vally said the man had been notified during the trial that if found guilty he could face life imprisonment.

He said the 29-year-old, originally from KwaZulu Natal and a school dropout who later became a taxi driver in Johannesburg, had not presented any mitigating circumstances to deviate the court from the minimum prescribed sentences.

The state witnesses were the mother of the 14-month-old and a social worker.

The mother, who was present in court, said she was traumatized and could not erase the incident from her mind as she was forced to see her child naked with her private parts exposed in a field.

The man stood emotionless in the dock while his sentence was handed to him.

African News Agency

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