Man who raped jogger in Nkandla handed life sentence
A Nkandla man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was sentenced for rape.
Sizwe Bhengu attacked a woman at knifepoint last year while she was jogging in the area.
The 27-year-old demanded she hand over her cell phone and proceeded to strangle her.
But Natasha Kara, who's with the NPA in KZN, says security guards from a nearby premises rescued the woman and called the police, who apprehended Bhengu.
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"Bhengu was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape and one-year imprisonment for attempted robbery. Also, the court ordered that his name be entered into the National Register for Sex Offenders; and he was declared unfit to possess a firearm.
“The NPA welcomes the successful finalisation of this matter, and we hope that sentences of this nature will help turn the tide against gender-based violence and sexual offences."
