A 45-year-old man who beat and
raped his neighbor in 2017, tried to make an appeal at the Western Cape high
court over his life sentence but was rejected.
Albro McLean a confessed tik
user had previous convictions which ran between 1992 and 2012 which included
cases of theft, drug related offences, housebreakings with intent to steal and
robbery. In 2015 he was given a five year imprisonment for sexually harassing a
minor.
Spokesperson for the National
Prosecuting Authority in the Western Cape, Eric Ntabazalila, said the perpetrator
said he would “make a woman out of her” when he became aware she was lesbian
Ntabazalila said after the
ordeal, the woman tried to kill herself and also began self-harming. When the
community heard about the rape, the woman was pressured into withdrawing the
case. Some residents even threatened to hurt her. State Advocate Liezel
Scholzel, said rape was a serious offence - it was humiliating, degrading and a
brutal invasion of privacy and dignity of the survivor.
Deputy Judge President Patricia
Goliath and Pangarker AJ dismissed his speal saying they needed to send a
message that “corrective rape” was a hate crime, and a serious form of
gender-based violence.
by Everngelista Muza
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