Police officer sentenced for rape
Benoni police officer, Const
Eseu Steve Mangena was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a minor.
April 18, 2016
The
33-year-old was sentenced at the Springs Regional Court on April 14.
The
incident occurred in July 2010 at the SAPS Marriage Quarters.
According
to Lieut Nomsa Sekele, a 13-year-old girl was playing with her friends when she
was called by Mangena who pretended that he wanted to send her to the shops.
“As
the girl got into the apartment, the suspect locked the door, took out his
firearm and raped her,” said Sekele.
“The
girl was then taken to iThemba Rape and Trauma Support Centre by her mother for
evaluations and it was confirmed that she was raped.”
A
case of rape was then opened at the Benoni Police Station.
Sekele
added that when the suspect heard about the case, he handed himself over to
police.
The
suspect was arrested but the matter was never placed on the court roll and he
was released.
“Four
years later, on October 14, 2014, Mangena was found guilty but he kept on
changing his defence for appeal, pending his sentence, but finally it caught up
with him and he was sentenced to life in prison,” said Sekele.
Mangena
is currently serving his sentence at Modderbee Correctional Services.
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