WESTERN CAPE – Western Cape police management commended investigators stationed at the Oudtshoorn Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) who took on perpetrators of gender based violence and femicide when they secured more than 95 years imprisonment for various sexual related crimes recently. These sentences were imposed on four men at the Oudtshoorn Regional Court during the past month.
On Friday, 04 March 2022 a 27-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after he was convicted on a charge of rape earlier. He was arrested shortly after a 34-year-old woman made a report to the Dysselsdorp police on 18 October 2020. Investigation into this matter revealed that the victim was at Vygie Street, Dysselsdorp where she was violated by him. This conviction follows a lengthy trial.
Furthermore, on 16 February 2022, Jeremy Isaacs (36) was sentenced to 25 and 20 years imprisonment following his conviction on two counts of rape. The victim took the accused in her confidence when she walked home with him on 09 February 2020. The man misused the trust she had in him when he forced her into his residence where he assaulted and raped her.
Two more accused, Dawid Herman (21) and Anton May (40), were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each following their conviction in unrelated incidents on 22 February 2022. Both were arrested shortly after victims reported cases of rape to the Oudtshoorn police during 2018 and 2021 respectively.
Other than these convictions, a serial killer, Linos Munudawafa (35) also known as Brian Mudyiwayana, was sentenced to six life terms in the periodical High Court held at Swellendam on Wednesday, 02 March 2022. He was convicted after a lengthy trial on the killing of six victims, of which five women, in and around Swellendam between 2016 and 2020.
The Provincial Commissioner of the Western Cape, Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile, lauded the detection and prosecution teams who secured these lengthy sentences. Lt Gen Patekile said: “These convictions and lengthy incarcerations of those who threatened the safety of society, should serve as a deterrent to would-be GBVF perpetrators. Society is much safer with them incarcerated. Our FCS units are a key in our efforts to eradicate gender based violence and femicide. Our well-trained detectives are on the forefront to ensure that perpetrators of GBVF get their day in court”. Those found on the wrong side would face the full might of the law once arrested, he concluded.
Caption: Warrant Officer Franco Bestbier, investigator attached to the Oudtshoorn FCS Unit.
Source: South African Police Service