MAJAKE Mabesele, a high court judge in Johannesburg, has sentenced to a Nigerian,Eke Ogochukwu,to 20-years in jail.
Ogochukwu was convicted of sexually exploiting a 15-year-old girl and forcing her into prostitution.
Ogochukwu was found guilty of four charges relating to human trafficking.
His victim was said to have escaped in August 2015, and received help from a nearby church in Rosettenville.
After the minor escaped officials alerted the police and Ogochukwu was arrested.
Known to the girl as Johnny, Ogochukwu was said to have sexually abused her.
The court heard that he would drug her, force her to perform sexual acts with other men and take the money she made through prostitution.
The young girl was reportedly given 50 rand a day for food and a further rand 100 for every man she was forced to sleep with.
The judge said Ogochukwu took advantage of the teenager as she was homeless after running away from her Vereeniging home in 2015 following a fight with her mother.
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