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Plettenberg Bay rapist sentenced to 15 years in prison
Cape Times
|June 03, 2025
THE Plettenberg Bay Regional Court has sentenced Siyamcela Yali to 15 years imprisonment for the horrific rape of his ex-girlfriend.
The incident occurred on the evening of December 4, 2020, when the victim was on her way to meet friends in KwaNokuthula.
The court heard that Yali, who had a romantic relationship with the victim that ended eight years prior, accosted her as she left her boyfriend's house. After a brief conversation with a friend, who warned her that Yali was following her, the victim noticed him approaching. When she informed him that he was not the father of her child, Yali violently grabbed her and dragged her into the bushes.
This story is from the June 03, 2025 edition of Cape Times.
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