Patric Dyasi (41) was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Palm Ridge Magistrate\u2019s Court recently.<\/p>\n
He was found guilty of repeatedly raping and stabbing a 21-year-old woman in April 2009.<\/p>
\u201cThe victim told police when she reported the crime to the Ekurhuleni West Family Violence Child Protection and Social Offensive Unit that the suspect threatened her with a knife and forced her into the nearby veld where he repeatedly raped her.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore he left he stabbed her in the legs with his knife,\u201d said Capt Mega Ndobe from the Ekurhuleni West Cluster.<\/p>
Dyasi was arrested when the victim recognised him in church and immediately phoned the police.<\/p>\n
\u201cSgt Manakedi Vilakazi, the investigating officer on the case, worked day and night to gather information and evidence which linked the suspect to the rape,\u201d Ndobe said.<\/p>\n
In addition to a life sentence he was declared unfit to possess a firearm.<\/p>\n
\u201cConvictions such as these are an example to the criminals who think they can get away with sexually abusing women,\u201d said Ndobe.<\/p>\n
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