A serial rapist, Malibongwe Ncokolo will spend 300 years in jail after he was found guilty by the Bisho High Court in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Ncokolo, 44 was handed the life sentence on Friday, November 6, according to reports.
He was arrested on June 7, 2017 after years of s*xually harassing young ladies and women in Mdantsane.
Kasatintin.com gathers that Ncokolo was captured when he attempted to rape a 14-year-old girl on June 6, 2020.
The victim managed to kick Ncokolo on the chest with her two feet and he moved down a deep slope. The young girl then ran and called for help.
Some community members pursued the suspect for two consecutive days until they overpowered him in his own home with the assistance of police.
Criminologist found that Ncokolo was connected to several rape cases which had occured around Mdantsane area since 2014.
His trial commenced in September 2020 with 140 witnesses and 22 victims and rape survivors. 12 of the 22 survivors were minors aged between 9 and 15.
Details of how Ncokolo preyed on his victims have emerged.
It is alleged that he monitored their movements from home to school and back from the local car wash where he was employed. He then assaulted them as they passed by bushy, uninhabited areas.
In spite of the overwhelming evidence presented against him, Ncokolo still pleaded not guilty.But his plea was not taken.
Ncokolo was charged for 41 counts as follows:
1. Murder – 3 counts
2. Rape – 19 counts
3. Theft – 3 counts
4. Sexual assault – 3 counts
5. Assault to do grievous bodily harm – 9 counts
6. Assault – 4 counts
The judge who presided over the trial sentenced him as follows:
• Count 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 Rape charges -20 years
• Count 9 Repeated rape- 25 years.
• Count 10 rape of 13-year-old
• Count 11 rape and murder-two life sentences taken as one
• Count 12 Rape – 20 years
• Count 14 Rape of 14-year-old minor
• Count 15 Rape – 20 years
• Count 18, 19, 20 & 21 where four minors were involved-life sentence
• Count 23 Rape of 13-year-old minor-life
• Count 25 Rape – 20 years
• Count 26 Rape of 11-year-old- life
• Count 30 & 32 Rape 20 years each
• Count 34 Theft five years
• Count 35 murder- 25 years
• Count 37 Murder – life
• Count 38 Rape – 20 years
• Count 39 Rape of 14-year-old minor-life
• Count 40 Theft -Five years
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SOURCE: Kasatintin.com
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