Ulundi FCS detectives on Sunday arrested a 36-year-old suspect accused of raping 14 women in the Zululand District.

The suspected serial rapist started by raping a woman at Mahlabathini in January 2010.

According to KZN Police spokesperson, Colonel Robert Netshiunda, the suspect was initially arrested and released on bail.

“He absconded from court and a warrant of his arrest was issued.

“Whilst out on bail, he allegedly raped seven women in Pongola, four women in Primrose and Germiston in Gauteng province, and one woman each in Paulpietersburg and Magudu policing precincts.

“His modus operandi was to break either a window or a door of the houses of women who were staying alone and threaten them with a knife.

“During his arrest in 2010, police did due diligence in collecting evidence and investigations linked him to all the cases through DNA analysis,” he said.

Netshiunda added that the suspect is expected to appear before the Mahlabathini Magistrate’s Court soon for his failure to appear in court in 2010, and thereafter he will be formally charged for the other 13 rape cases.

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