A third child rapist initially given a “slap on the wrist” by Umlazi magistrate Kholeka Bodlani was resentenced on Monday and is now serving life imprisonment.
When the matter came before Durban regional court magistrate Sophie Reddy for resentencing on Monday, Mhkize’s now-adult children sat in the public gallery,
Mkhize’s attorney Ashika Ramdularay said life imprisonment would be unjust because he was not well and was a first-time offender. Reddy ruled that there were no substantial and compelling circumstances to deviate from the prescribed sentence. She described Mkhize as an “opportunistic predator” who had caused pain and misery not only to the victim but to her family.
Responding to questions, commission spokesperson advocate Cassim Moosa said Bodlani had been served with a notice at the end of January requesting her to show cause why the Magistrates Commission should not recommend to the minister that she be provisionally suspended from office, without remuneration, pending the finalisation of the inquiry into her fitness to hold office as a magistrate.
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