Verulam serial rapist handed 10 life terms

Verulam serial rapist handed 10 life terms

A serial rapist who terrorised women and children in the northern parts of Durban has been handed 10 life terms.

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Amos Ngobeni was sentenced in the Durban High Court today.

He was earlier this week found guilty of 19 counts of rape - said to have been committed between 2011 and 2016 in areas including Inanda, Phoenix and Verulam. 

The 30-year-old was also convicted of kidnapping, robbery and housebreaking with intent to rape.

The high court has also sentenced him to a further 235 years imprisonment. 

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