Earth2RON
07-27-2002, 11:35 PM
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) -- A South African man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a nine-month-old baby. South African radio said a High Court judge found David Potse -- at one time the boyfriend of the baby's mother -- guilty after police told the court DNA samples taken from the infant had matched Potse's own. The attack outraged the country known for its high levels of violent crime. "Judge Lacock told the court the crime was the most gruesome form of a human rights violation he had found in his 32-year-old career, and he believed the party deserved the death sentence," the radio station said. It said Potse, 23, was sentenced to another 18 years' imprisonment for indecent assault. Court officials could not be reached for comment. The baby girl, nicknamed Tshepang (Have Hope) to protect her identity, had to have reconstructive surgery to repair her genitals and internal organs. About 21,000 cases of child rape were reported to South African police last year. The attacks have been fuelled by a myth that sex with a virgin will protect a man against AIDS, which affects one in nine South Africans, or even cure him. Potse's trial took place in Upington, a town in South Africa's western Northern Cape province. In a separate case in another part of the country, a court sentenced a 48-year-old farm labourer to 27 years' imprisonment for raping an 11-year old girl two years ago, the South African Press Association said.
i hope that the prisoners run a ass fukking marathon on them in jail!
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i hope that the prisoners run a ass fukking marathon on them in jail!
[b]"keep your eyes on the road....you shouldn't be
on your cell phone when you're driving"[b]
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