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Rapist answers for every single penetration

The CoA concluded that the High Court erred. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The CoA concluded that the High Court erred. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Court of Appeal (CoA) has ruled that rapists are to answer for every single penetration as a single count of rape, as opposed to one charge for the whole ordeal.

The apex court has reversed a High Court decision that determined that four incidents of forced sexual intercourse over three days constitute a single count of rape.

Rivers Kakana, who had thought he had completed his 10-year sentence for rape, has been whisked behind bars to serve five more years as per the initial Magistrate's Court decision.

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