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    DJ cleared of rape charges

    Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailAugust 18, 2011No Comments3 Mins Read
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    A Radio Grahamstown DJ has voiced his relief and says all he wants is to get on with his life, after being acquitted of rape charges on Wednesday.

    Sakhele Boma, 35, was tried in the Grahamstown Regional Court, accused of raping a Rhodes University student last October.

    The student had a live-in position at a local school, and Boma was a general worker at the school at the time of the incident.

    Boma was accused of raping the young woman after she called him into her room one night to change a lightbulb.

    His trial lasted 10 months and he vehemently denied the allegations throughout.

    He did, however, admit to kissing the student after proposing to her.

    When delivering his judgment, magistrate Thembela Mata said the state could not find Boma guilty because there were contradictions in the alleged victim's evidence.

    According to a doctor's report, she was still a virgin after the alleged incident, and Magistrate Mata described other parts of her statement to be "questionable – to say the least".

    After being acquitted, Boma said he felt as if he had been born again, and expressed his desire to see his four children – one of whom was born last year in November while he was in Waainek prison. “My kids felt like they had no father, but I will be back in their lives now,” said Boma.

    A Radio Grahamstown DJ has voiced his relief and says all he wants is to get on with his life, after being acquitted of rape charges on Wednesday.

    Sakhele Boma, 35, was tried in the Grahamstown Regional Court, accused of raping a Rhodes University student last October.

    The student had a live-in position at a local school, and Boma was a general worker at the school at the time of the incident.

    Boma was accused of raping the young woman after she called him into her room one night to change a lightbulb.

    His trial lasted 10 months and he vehemently denied the allegations throughout.

    He did, however, admit to kissing the student after proposing to her.

    When delivering his judgment, magistrate Thembela Mata said the state could not find Boma guilty because there were contradictions in the alleged victim's evidence.

    According to a doctor's report, she was still a virgin after the alleged incident, and Magistrate Mata described other parts of her statement to be "questionable – to say the least".

    After being acquitted, Boma said he felt as if he had been born again, and expressed his desire to see his four children – one of whom was born last year in November while he was in Waainek prison. “My kids felt like they had no father, but I will be back in their lives now,” said Boma.

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