Eastern Cape man jailed for life after assaulting three young girls TimesLIVE > By TimesLIVE - 25 January 2021 - 09:16 An Eastern Cape man was handed two life terms after sexually assaulting young girls near Peddie. Image: 123RF/STOCKSTUDIO44
A man who sexually assaulted two girls aged 9 and 11 and assaulted a 13-year-old girl has been sentenced to life in prison.
Eastern Cape police district commissioner Brigadier Ngangema Xakavu welcomed the conviction and sentencing last week of Xola Mayedwa, 35.
He had attacked the young girls at Bongweni area, Peddie, in September 2018.
The Bhisho High Court sentenced him to two life imprisonment terms for rape and 30 days imprisonment for assault.
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An Eastern Cape man has been sentenced to two life terms for raping two girls - aged 9 and 11 - and assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Peddie in September 2018.
District Commissioner Brigadier Ngangema Xakavu welcomed the conviction of Xola Mayedwa, 35, by the Bhisho High Court on Thursday.
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According to police spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni, Mayedwa was arrested shortly after the incidents and appeared at the Peddie Magistrate s Court. He was denied bail and appeared several times and the case was transferred to the Bhisho High Court in June 2019.
He was found guilty in October 2020 and sentenced to two life terms for rape and 30 days imprisonment for assault on Thursday.
Eastern Cape rapist sentenced to two life terms
By Robin-Lee Francke
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CAPE TOWN – A child rapist from the Eastern Cape has been handed down two life terms for raping minors.
In a statement released on Monday, provincial police spokesperson, Captain Khaya Tonjeni said its district commissioner, Brigadier Ngangema Xakavu, welcomed the conviction of 35-year-old rapist Xola Mayedwa in the Bhisho High Court.
Tonjeni said Mayedwa was convicted of sexually assaulting two girls, aged nine and 11 and assaulted a 13-year-old girl in the Bongweni area in Peddie in September 2018.
“The suspect was immediately arrested and appeared at the Peddie Magistrate Court. He was denied bail and appeared several times at court.
Man gets two life terms for raping two minors By DispatchLIVE Reporter - 22 January 2021
A man from Peddie was sentenced to two life terms for raping two young girls by the High Court sitting in Bhisho on Wednesday.
Xola Mayedwa, 38, committed the rapes on September 15, 2018, after he lured three girls, aged between 9 and 11 years who were playing outside, to his home in Peddie.
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