A security guard sentenced to life for raping a 14-year-old girl in Roodepoort [SOUND]

# A 26-year-old security guard has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Roodepoort, Gauteng. Mpho Antonio Lebona, who was tasked with the protection of a residential complex, raped the girl in January 2021. He claimed their interaction was consensual. The National Prosecuting Authority’s spokesperson, Phindi Mjonondwane, says magistrate Thelma Simpson deemed life imprisonment the only befitting sentence, reflecting the court’s commitment to justice for such heinous acts: