/ 10 October 2000

MAN JAILED FOR LIFE FOR RAPE

A CONVICTED rapist who rejected a legal aid defence to represent him before a judge, saying the counsel was not present when the rape happened, has been jailed for life for raping a 10-year-old girl last year. Justice R Smit said court records showed Harry Ngcobo, 38, of Barberton lured the girl into his house with a biscuit and then raped her. The child reported the rape to her family afterwards. – African Eye News Services