Warning: this story is really going to piss you off.

A 24-year-old woman fell pregnant through unplanned circumstances, and her sister attempted to help in finding a doctor who would perform an abortion.

She found the number of a ‘doctor’ on a pamphlet, who then met with the woman and gave her four pills at a cost of R250. Here’s where you can ready yourself to become angry, with this from IOL:

When the tablets did not have the desired effect, she again phoned the “doctor” and they agreed to meet the following day at Daveyton Mall in Ekurhuleni. The man called another “doctor”. The victim identified this second “doctor” as her rapist [John Sekematte].

She and the second “doctor” left for his “surgery”, which the woman told the court was merely a shack.

She said Sekematte gave her four tablets and told her she had to swallow three and insert the fourth into her private parts.

He then told her to lie on her back and offered to insert the tablet himself. He told her to close her eyes.

The victim testified that the next thing she felt, was the “doctor” on top of her, inserting more than just the tablet. She opened her eyes and tried to push him away, but he told her to be quiet.

Sekematte has now been sentenced to 10 years in jail, and the story of how he came to be caught illustrates how little the man has between his ears:

It was established that the “doctor” handed out pamphlets advertising abortion services at the taxi rank near Daveyton mall.

When the police could not find him, they phoned the number on the pamphlet and Sekematte answered the phone. The police set a trap for him and arranged to meet him at his “new surgery”.

When they met, Sekematte told the undercover agent what his fees were and that he would give him tablets and a mixture which the woman, who wanted an abortion, had to drink.

The rape victim then joined them and identified him as the rapist.

I suppose in a country with such a shockingly low rape conviction rate we should be glad this one ended up with someone behind bars.

That will come as scant consolation to the victim though.

[source:iol]