Howick serial rapist begins serving life sentence
A Howick serial rapist, sentenced to life imprisonment, has begun serving the sentence.
The 32-year-old appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court on Thursday, where he was convicted on four counts of rape between 2008 and 2012.
Siyabonga Mokoena also received three 10-year sentences for robbery - all of which were committed in the Howick area.
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According to a police statement, Mokoena would terrorise the victims in the area, threatening them with knife and raping them thereafter.
He would also robbed them of their cellphones, cash and other items.
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In the last incident in June 2012, Mokoena approached a woman who had been hitch-hiking, raped and threatened to stab her.
He was arrested in 2012 for housebreaking, and has been linked to multiple crimes dating back to 2008.