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Teen rapist to be sentenced

Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailAugust 8, 2011No Comments2 Mins Read
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A teen who turned state witness in the Scott's Farm gang-rape case will hear his fate in Grahamstown High Court on 10 August.

A teen who turned state witness in the Scott's Farm gang-rape case will hear his fate in Grahamstown High Court on 10 August.

Jamie Goba, 19 and three other men were found guilty of raping a teenager, and robbing her and her older companion, in a deserted house near Mary Waters High School in April 2010.

Goba pleaded guilty to rape and robbery charges earlier this year. He gave evidence against his co-accused Christo Bosch, 19, Deon Walters, 25, and Justin Goba, 21. His co-accused were found guilty in June.

In a plea explanation read in court by defence counsel Francois Human, Goba and his co-accused were in a tavern in Hoogenoeg, where they drank five litres of wine. On their way to Albany Lounge, Goba wanted to relieve himself. They all went to a deserted house in Fitchat Street, where they found the teenager and a man kissing.

The statement described how they had attacked and robbed the man – “we assaulted him until he was unconscious” – and proceeded to gang-rape the girl.

According to earlier evidence, the couple had been returning home from a local bar in the early hours. On the way, they had stopped and entered a deserted house. Goba and his co-accused had entered the house from the back and threatened the couple with knives, before dragging the girl to another room, tying her hands behind her back and raping her.

After Goba pleaded guilty to all charges, acting judge Zolile Dukada pronounced him guilty and set down sentencing for 10 August.

Sentencing of the other three rapists will be delivered in September.

All four face potential life sentences, because the victim was raped more than once, by more than one person, acting in execution of a common purpose.

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