Zukile July was sentenced on Wednesday by the Port Elizabeth High Court, said regional spokesperson Anelisa Ngcakani.
A 35-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for raping and sodomising his estranged wife in Motherwell, Eastern Cape, the National Prosecuting Authority has said.
Ngcakani said July and his then-30-year-old victim had attended a family gathering at a relative’s house on 30 March 2018.
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