15 Years For Raping Ex Girlfriend
Monday, July 27, 2015
When delivering the sentence, the magistrate explained to Mosinyi that the court has considered that he is a first offender when coming up with the sentence. Motsamai however said the accused had failed dismally to provide exceptional extenuating circumstances that could convince the court to give him a lighter sentence. “In my view the reasons he advanced to court were not that convincing. His failure to convince the court to issue him a lighter sentence means that the court cannot sentence him to anything less than 15 years,” she said.
Motsamai further said the court had also put into consideration the interest of the society at large and seriousness of the offence when sentencing Mosinyi.
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