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A Northern Cape rapist was sentenced to life behind bars on Wednesday.
He raped two women and robbed them of their cellphones and money in 2012 and 2013.
Both victims were pregnant at the time.
A Northern Cape man received a life sentence plus 26 years for rape and robbery in the Kuruman Regional Court on Wednesday.
Tshepiso Godfrey Oliphant, 32, was found guilty of raping two women in 2012 and 2013 and robbing them of their cellphones and money, said police spokesperson Colonel Mashay Gamieldien. Both victims were pregnant at the time of the rapes.
The first rape occurred on 14 December 2012, when the 18-year-old victim was lured by Oliphant to Promise Land in Mothibistad. He took her to an open field and raped her twice. He also robbed her of her cellphone valued at R2 000, as well as money. He left her and fled the scene. The victim was able to report the incident and received medical treatment.
The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in the Northern Cape, Major General Henriette de Waal applauded members who led to the arrest of three suspects for being in possession of protected plants. The suspects were arrested at Steinkopf in the Namakwa District.
In the first crime Intelligence led operation, members of Springbok Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit under the command of Detective Captain Karel du Toit, arrested two suspects on Sunday , 20 December 2020 for being in possession of conophytum pageae and vonophytum pellucidum plants worth R400 000-00. The two suspects aged 25 and 27 were arrested in a joint operation comprising Springbok Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit , Namakwa Crime Intelligence as well as Springbok K9. The suspects were found in possession of 2464 cocophytum pageae and 900 conophytum pellucidum plants in Springbok.