CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- A man who terrified a small rural community for months was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for committing a series of rapes and imprisoning a teenage girl and his own young daughter for 15 months in an underground pit.



Johannes Mowers listens to his sentencing in a courtroom in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday.






Johannes Mowers, 33, committed his crimes in the bucolic Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Cape Town, a valley known for its fine wines and fruit -- and its crushing poverty, illiteracy and alcohol abuse among farm workers.

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