WESTERN CAPE. – Altman Sampson (46) has been sentenced in the Ceres regional court to eight life sentences and an additional 17 years' direct imprisonment after attacking and repeatedly raping two women in 2023.
Eric Ntabazalila, NPA spokesperson, says Sampson was found guilty of eight counts of rape, three of assault with intent to cause serious bodily harm, one of assault and one of abduction. The crimes occurred between June and July 2023 in Bella Vista, Ceres. Sampson lured or dragged the two women to his residential unit, where he assaulted and sexually abused them. The two victims testified during the trial about the traumatic effects of the attacks. Sampson denied the charges and claimed the sexual encounters were consensual.
Magistrate Clifton Maseti found him guilty and sentenced him. Sampson has also been declared unfit to possess a firearm and his name will be entered in the national register for sexual offenders.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
