- A serial rapist has been sentenced to 10 life terms and a further 159 years in prison.
- Amos Mphikeleli Ngubeni was sentenced on Monday after he was convicted of 14 counts of rape as well as other charges.
- Ngubeni was arrested on 4 August 2019 after DNA evidence linked him to the offences, and he pleaded guilty to 28 charges.
A serial rapist has been sentenced to 10 life terms and a further 159 years' imprisonment for offences he committed against 14 women.
The Gauteng High Court, sitting in Benoni, sentenced 28-year-old Amos Mphikeleli Ngubeni on Monday after he was convicted of 14 counts of rape.
He was also convicted of kidnapping, theft, robbery, four counts of housebreaking with the intention to commit an offence unknown to the State, seven counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances and pointing an object that is likely to lead a person to believe that it is a firearm.
He broke into some of the women's houses, robbed them and raped them, sometimes with an accomplice.
Ngubeni was arrested at his home on 4 August 2019 in Balfour, Mpumalanga, after DNA evidence linked him to the offences. He pleaded guilty to 28 charges.
State advocate Cornelia Harmzen said most of the victims did not heal from their emotional wounds.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said the investigating officer, Sergeant Nkoana, did a magnificent job in tracing and arresting the accused.
"To many of the victims, their hope of a different and a better life is in the fact that the accused is punished for what he has done to them."
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