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Ex-cop receives 25-year sentence for raping 15-year-old girl
The Mercury
|April 29, 2025
DISGRACED ex-police officer Frederick Soldaat, who was convicted last month for the rape of a 15-year-old girl at a police station, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
It took nine years to convict the former warrant officer. The incident took place in Montagu in August 2016 and was investigated by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid).
He resigned from the police service in 2017.
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