The Port Elizabeth High Court has sentenced 32 year-old Thabo Vena and 30 year-old Monwabisi Siganqu 30 years to life imprisonment plus 25 years each for rape and house robbery.
This follows a housebreaking that took place at Matodlana street in Zwide, Port Elizabeth, on the 24th of August 2013.
Warrant Officer Dumile Gwavu says they broke into the house and raped a young women while forcing her boyfriend to watch what was happening at knife point.
Motherwell cluster commander Major General Funeka Siganga has lauded the investigating officer at the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit who worked tirelessly to ensure that the suspects were convicted and sentenced to spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
