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A child rapist has been jailed for 20 years.Image: 123RF/Artit Oubkaew
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Ten-year ordeal ends as HIV positive Eastern Cape man gets life for raping his stepdaughter

A 53-year- old HIV positive man who repeatedly raped his stepdaughter between 2008 and 2018 was sentenced to life imprisonment by the high court in Makhanda on Thursday. The ordeal started when the then 11-year-old victim moved in with…

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Philip Mailula was handed two life sentences on September 18 2020 for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl.Image: Supplied
LIFE SENTENCE

27-year-old gets two life sentences for murder and rape of girl, 9

A man from Mpumalanga has been given two life sentences for murdering and raping a nine-year-old girl. Philip Mailula, 27, was handed the sentences at Mbokola magistrate’s court on Friday. He pleaded guilty on Monday. Police said Mailula…

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