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Justice has been served for a 14-year-old girl who was forced into marriage, raped and illegally trafficked to South Africa in 2017.
His perpetrator was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Monday. Angelo Mulambo, 30, was sentenced by the Pretoria Superior Court.
The young woman was taken to school two years ago.
“The youngest victim, a 14-year-old girl from Mozambique, was reunited with her neighbor, who took her to the Mulambo family home. This was under the pretext that she was getting her a babysitting job as she was staying with her grandmother and dependent on her after her mother’s death.
“Upon his arrival, they told him that she was Mulambo’s second wife and they took her to his room where she stayed and shared a bed with him.
“A few days later, Mulambo illegally brought her to South Africa and stayed in a shack in Mamelodi East with his first wife. There he shared a bed with Mulambo and his first wife, and was exposed to sexual acts between the couple, ”said the National Prosecutor’s Office.
Mulambo raped her twice, including anally both times, according to the NPA.
In September 2017, the teenager managed to escape to a neighbor’s house, where she reported her ordeal.
“The neighbors called the police and Mulambo was arrested; and has been in custody ever since, ”the NPA said.
The 30-year-old was charged with human trafficking, rape, kidnapping and assisting a person to be in the country illegally.
Prosecutor Andrew Mphaga said that human trafficking was an international problem and that the crimes committed were of a serious nature and had affected the victim both physically and psychologically.
He argued that it was in the interest of society to have peaceful communities free from sexual crimes and human trafficking.
Judge Pierre Rabie praised the work of the Thuthuzela Care Center, which supported the minor until she reconciled with her family in December 2019, according to the NPA.
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