Monday marked the start of the sentencing process for two South African Police Service (SAPS) officers who were found guilty of rape.
According to the Independent Police Investigation Directorate (IPID), the two men raped a woman in 2017 after promising to transport her home.
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Sergeant Simphiwe Ncube of the Northern Cape Border Police (Nakop Port of Entry) and Constable Andile Ntshweza of the Upington police station were found guilty of rape on May 4, 2023.
“The suspects are alleged to have both raped the…victim on the 3rd of April 2017 at the house of one of the suspects after she was offered a lift from Upington town to her place in Rosedale.
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“The accused first took her to Ncube’s house and raped her before she left and opened a case of rape. The case was investigated until the accused were convicted at the Upington Special Offences Court in May 2023.
“Both accused have since been disciplined by their Employer and have been sanctioned two months’ suspension without salary sometime in 2018,” IPID said in a statement
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