{"id":76265,"date":"2017-12-05T13:33:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T11:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=76265"},"modified":"2017-12-06T11:15:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T09:15:30","slug":"gang-rapist-sentenced-40-years-behind-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/12\/05\/gang-rapist-sentenced-40-years-behind-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Gang rapist sentenced to 40 years behind bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Siga Veleno, Nelson Mpembe and Antonio Chissve were arrested in connection with a horrific gang rape of two girls near McDonalds<\/a> at the Middelburg Mall<\/a> 2015.<\/p>\n

Had to listen to each other\u2019s screams whilst being raped<\/h4>\n

The girls, then 17 and 18, were confronted by five men in a car at a traffic circle near the mall. They were pushed off their scooter and dragged into the grass where the men took turns to rape them.<\/p>\n

The girls later told of how they had to listen to each other\u2019s screams whilst they were being raped. Their attackers made off with their belongings including their cellphones, helmets and scooter.<\/p>\n

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Police made a breakthrough when an informant told them of a man in possession of a helmet and backpacks at the Uitkyk informal settlement. A second man was arrested in Old Coronation in eMalahleni<\/a>\u00a0and the third, in possession of the scooter, in Pine Ridge in the same city.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Derik Rowles and Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences unit<\/a> constable Jan Skhosana, worked together like a well oiled machine to ensure a conviction.<\/p>\n

Read: Sweden jails trio for Facebook live stream gang rape<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Veleno was sentenced to 12 years for robbery and Mpembe to six years for the theft of a scooter. The third accused, Chissve, received 10 years for rape and 15 years for robbery.
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Photo for illustration. Source: pmnewsnigeria.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not his first conviction<\/b><\/h4>\n

Chissve was previously found guilty and sentenced to 25 years for rape and robbery relating to an incident where couple was overpowered after they ran into car trouble on the Bethal Road, near the N4.<\/p>\n

The incident, in which a woman was also raped, happened more or less the same time than the McDonalds<\/a>\u00a0rape.<\/p>\n

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His sentence in short<\/h4>\n

Sentence for Bethal Road case:<\/p>\n