Johanesburg, April 17: A court in South Africa has sentenced a 21-year-old man to 195 years in prison after he was found guilty on multiple counts of rape, robbery, and murder.
The convict, indentified as Sthembiso Rasta Mbhele, appeared in court on Thursday where he was found guilty on six counts of rape, six counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances, one count of attempted rape and one count of murder, the South African Press Association (SAPA) reported on Saturday.
Mbhele was sentenced to a total of 195 years imprisonment on Friday.
The sentence consisted of 10 years imprisonment for the rapes, 15 years for the robberies, five years for the attempted rape, a life sentence for murder and another life sentence for a sixth rape conviction where the victim was underage.
Mbhele would approach his victims with the promise of employment. He would then lure them to an isolated area, where he would threaten them with a knife or a broken bottle before raping and robbing them.
——–Agencies