A 41-year-old scholar transport driver from Mamelodi, Pretoria, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl after luring her to his home through her seven-year-old brother.
A 41-year-old scholar transport driver from Mamelodi, Pretoria, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl after luring her to his home through her seven-year-old brother. He later gave the children R4 to buy chicken heads.
Given Mpho Mphahlele was sentenced by the Pretoria Regional Court after it found that the man was guilty of the rape, saying he exploited the vulnerability of an unsuspecting child.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) regional spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said that at the time of the offence, Mphahlele had been employed as a scholar transport driver for only two months.
Mahanjana said the court heard that in June 2021, the victim’s seven-year-old brother was being dropped off at home by Mphahlele after school.
