20 years in jail for Northern Cape man who raped two relatives

The Carnarvon regional court has sentenced a 24-year-old man who raped two women on separate occasions in 2022 to an effective 20-year jail term. Northern Cape National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Mojalefa Senokoatsane said on Friday the man, who was not named to protect the identity of his victims, raped the first woman in January of that year. “The accused visited the home of his cousins, and when he arrived, he found the wife of his cousin asleep after having had a few [alcoholic] beverages. The accused took advantage of the drunken state of the victim and proceeded to…