Judge jails 'ghetto life' rapists
IOL
March 01 2010 at 11:00PM
Two of the three men who raped a pregnant woman due to their "ghetto life" received life sentences in the Grahamstown High Court on Monday.Read more »
Kevin Campbell, 24, and Elvis Nelson, 25, were both sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape, and another five years for the robbery of a 37-year-old woman on February 15, 2009, Captain Mali Govender said in a statement.
A third man, Clayton Donovan Arends, 18, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for rape and another five years for robbery.
All the sentences would run concurrently.
"The youngest of the trio apologised for what they had done to her, attributing their actions to the 'ghetto life' they led. He also mentioned to her that this was the only way that they could have gotten a 'white bitch'."
The woman was walking with a man in Port Alfred near the local SPCA when they were attacked by the three, one of whom was armed with a panga. The trio demanded drugs and money from the man.
"He was threatened by Elvis [Nelson] that he will be killed and that his arms will be cut off. Clayton Arends then first hit him with the blunt edge of the panga and after realising his mistake, he hit him with the sharp edge," said Govender.
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