‘Opportunistic predator’ gets 5 life terms for rape, murder
A man who raped and killed a 10-year-old girl, and raped his former girlfriend twice, was given five life sentences by the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday. In sentencing Jerome Amerika, 23, Judge Robert Henney said in such cases retribution and deterrence came to the fore. Amerika was last month found guilty of raping and killing Shamonique Claasen. She went missing in Paarl on February 27, a day before […]
