South African Anene Booysen rapist jailed for life

Johannes Kana, 21, admitted raping Anene Booysen but not killing her

(BBC) A South African man found guilty of the rape and brutal murder of a 17-year-old girl has been sentenced to two life terms in prison by a court near Cape Town.

State prosecutors had requested this sentence – without parole – for 21-year-old Johannes Kana.

Anene Booysen died in February, hours after she was mutilated in a case that caused national outrage.

South Africa has one of the highest rates of sexual violence in the world.

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