Missionaries' rapists convicted
January 24 2008
Independent News and Media
Three young Port Shepstone men were on Thursday each convicted of six
rapes involving two Mormon missionary sisters who were working in the
Port Shepstone area in June 2006.
Each was convicted of four rapes of one of the missionaries, the court
finding that each was guilty of the rape perpetrated by other members
of the gang.
Judge Gregory Kruger and assessors found in the Pietermaritzburg High
Court that each of the perpetrators assisted the others in the rape of
the missionary and prevented her escape and resistance.
Each was also accused of two rapes of another missionary sister who
was shot and was unconscious when she was raped.
They were also convicted of the aggravated robbery of the
missionaries, stealing their possessions when they were attacked.
Those convicted are Siyabonga Nzimande, 21, Wonderboy Mthembu, 19 and
Bongani Ntombela, 24, all of the Port Shepstone area.
They were also convicted of robbing five men in aggravated
circumstances.
The missionary sisters were temporarily working in the Port Shepstone
area and were walking home when they were pounced upon by the gang.
The attackers demanded money and the cellphones from the missionaries
at gunpoint. They then forced the missionaries into a nearby bush and
robbed and raped them. - Sapa
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