LIFE AND ONE YEAR IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE AND ASSAULT
29 AUGUST 2025
LIFE AND ONE YEAR IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE AND ASSAULT
The Maphumulo Regional Court has sentenced a 39-year-old man to life imprisonment and a year's imprisonment for the rape and the assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm (assault GBH) of his partner in September 2023 in the Mambhedwini area. The accused and complainant lived together and were in a domestic relationship. On the day of the incident, the accused was drunk, and he got into an argument with the complainant, accusing her of infidelity. He then raped her.