Light sentence for Gerald estate rapist

FRANCISTOWN: A 23-year-old man, Oarabile Moraope, was on Thursday sentenced to three years imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl last May at Gerald Estates.

In addition, Senior Magistrate Thebeetsile Mulalu ruled that Moraope should receive five strokes after being certified fit by a medical practitioner.

Mulalu said that rape is a very serious offence that carries a minimum sentence of 10 years in jail and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

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Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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