Me too.
But, my gut says that a small village like this, where most likely everyone knows everyone's business.... Yeah... the guy probably got what was coming to him.
When I was working in Namibia the wife of a local was raped. The guy chopped off the perp’s head an put it on a stick and walked around town. Everyone seemed to agree that the guy deserved it, but it wasn’t exactly legal, so the constable took him away...