Police finally catch serial rapist
A serial rapist that had been attacking women in Pretoria was finally arrested this week.
The man suspected of being the Pretoria north serial rapist has been arrested but not before an angry mob had assaulted him.
The 28-year-old is recovering in hospital under police guard; he faces nine counts of rape and armed robbery.
The man is believed to have attacked, raped and robbed women in Pretoria north, Bon Accord and Onderstepoort, police spokesperson Lieutenant Rebecca Phatlhane said.
Phatlhane told Rekord on Thursday the police received a tip-off that residents had caught a man Tuesday, believed to have recently raped a woman. By the time the police got to the scene near the bridge on Lavender Road in Bon Accord, the man had already been assaulted by residents.
“He has not appeared in court yet as he is still in hospital.”
The accused would abduct women at gunpoint, rape them then flee with their belongings, Phatlhane said.
Rekord is still trying to track his alleged last victim whose phone rang unanswered.
It is not clear how the man was identified but Rekord spoke to his alleged January victim Mavis Mukokowondo (28), a Zimbabwean national, who said she was on her way to catch a train to work in Bon Accord when she was approached by the man.
“Around 04:00, as I was about to get on the platform, the man held me at gunpoint and dragged me into the bushes,” she told Rekord on Thursday.
She said the man repeatedly assaulted her before raping her twice. He was also armed with a knife.
“He beat me up, then raped me and robbed me… he left with my cellphone, my passport and some money.”
Since the incident, Mukokowondo has lost her job as she was afraid to go anywhere.
“I do not have a job anymore. I am so scared to go anywhere. My body was also so sore and so weak and I was not feeling good.”
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