The Mkobola regional court in Kwaggafontein, Mpumalanga, has sentenced a taxi driver who committed a series of sexual crimes to 37 years' imprisonment.
During the trial, he pleaded not guilty to all the charges. He told the court that the victims were his girlfriends and he never had sexual contact with the first one who was 15 years old at the time, but conceded sleeping with the second one who was 24 at the time.
The defence pleaded for leniency citing the fact that Ndala had been in custody since February 21 2015, which meant he had already partially served his sentence and had learnt his lesson. The prosecution said a taxi driver should be someone with a good reputation and must protect the lives of commuters making use of his services.“Being sick, as the magistrate indicated, will not make the sentence lesser, because correctional facilities are more advanced and Ndala can attest to that as he received his treatment while being there for the past five years. Therefore the sentence should be befitting to the crimes that Ndala committed, despite his mitigating factors.
“He was also found to be unfit to work with children as stipulated in the Children's Act and unfit to possess a firearm as stipulated in the Firearms Control Act.” Hlathi said.
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