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A former Eastern Cape subject advisor who was found guilty of raping a six-year-old girl gave the public the middle finger when he appeared in court on Friday.
The National Prosecuting Authority in the Eastern Cape said it would call for a life sentence to be imposed on 58-year-old Louis Pepping, who was found guilty in the High Court sitting in Mthatha.
He said Acting Judge, Mvuzo Notyesi, found that the state had proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
“The court described all the witnesses led by Senior State Advocate Mbulelo Nyendwana, as credible and accepted the forensic evidence corroborating the state witnesses,” he said.
The court heard that on 1 September 2019, the little girl was sent to buy chips at a spaza shop near her home in the Ngobozana Locality, in the district of Lusikisiki.
When she did not return a search was conducted and when the child was found she was “bleeding from her private part.”
Tyali said the child led her grandmother, together with some members of the community, to Pepping’s house after she identified him as the person who had grabbed her from the street and raped her in his room.
Pepping was assaulted by community members and had to be rescued by the local traditional leader who summoned the police.
Tyali said the state will call for a life term to be imposed when sentencing proceedings begin.
