Sentence reduced for child rapist

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A man convicted of raping a three-year-old child had his sentence reduced by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday because he was not warned that he faced a life sentence.

At the time of the trial of Siyaboga Mbotho, 38, in the Port Shepstone Regional Court in 2002, the maximum sentence regional courts could impose was 15 years in jail.

Mbotho was convicted of rape in the regional court, and was referred to the Pietermaritzburg High Court for sentence. A sentence of life imprisonment was then imposed on him.

On appeal in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, Judge Rashid Vahed reduced the life sentence to 15 years in prison.

He said because Mbotho was not warned that he faced life in jail, it was unfair to impose such a sentence.

Although Mbotho was ill, the seriousness of his crime justified the maximum of 15 years. Two judges concurred with Vahed.


Source : Sapa /str/aw/jje/rod/th
Date : 30 Jan 2015 15:02
 
Judges live on a different planet. Sometimes thats a good thing. Sometimes it isnt. This is one of the times when it isnt.
 
Garyvdh said:
A man convicted of raping a three-year-old child had his sentence reduced by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday because he was not warned that he faced a life sentence.

At the time of the trial of Siyaboga Mbotho, 38, in the Port Shepstone Regional Court in 2002, the maximum sentence regional courts could impose was 15 years in jail.

Mbotho was convicted of rape in the regional court, and was referred to the Pietermaritzburg High Court for sentence. A sentence of life imprisonment was then imposed on him.

On appeal in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, Judge Rashid Vahed reduced the life sentence to 15 years in prison.

He said because Mbotho was not warned that he faced life in jail, it was unfair to impose such a sentence.

Although Mbotho was ill, the seriousness of his crime justified the maximum of 15 years. Two judges concurred with Vahed.


Source : Sapa /str/aw/jje/rod/th
Date : 30 Jan 2015 15:02
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Un_Frecking_believable. Whats wrong with these idiots in this god forsaken country? Idiotism is rife it seems. What about the kid, did she know she will be scarred for life? Imbeciles.
 
Hand-cuff him to the shark nets and leave him overnight.
 
"Although Mbotho was ill..." Hmm, wonder if he raped the child to cure himself of AIDS?
 
OMF this is disgusting and typical of any fking idiotic court run by cANCer
 
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