Child rapist gets 192 yrs

JOHANNESBURG – Convicted paedophile Gordon Joubert was given a collective sentence of 192 years in the Johannesburg High Court yesterday, The Star newspaper reported.

Joubert, 49, was earlier found guilty of eight counts of raping minor children. Acting Judge Naren Pandya sentenced him to 24 years in jail on each rape charge.The sentences would run concurrently.Joubert was also sentenced to 20 years in jail on 10 counts of indecent assault, 15 years on 15 counts of crimen injuria, five each on contravention of the Films and Publications Action and the contravention of the Reserve Bank Act.The court ordered that he must remain in jail for a total of 39 years.After his conviction earlier, Joubert, suggested to the court the appropriate sentence for him was to be castrated, but Pandya ruled otherwise.Nampa-SapaActing Judge Naren Pandya sentenced him to 24 years in jail on each rape charge.The sentences would run concurrently.Joubert was also sentenced to 20 years in jail on 10 counts of indecent assault, 15 years on 15 counts of crimen injuria, five each on contravention of the Films and Publications Action and the contravention of the Reserve Bank Act.The court ordered that he must remain in jail for a total of 39 years.After his conviction earlier, Joubert, suggested to the court the appropriate sentence for him was to be castrated, but Pandya ruled otherwise.Nampa-Sapa