SA: Police arrests serial rapist

  1. Posted on Friday 12 November 2010 - 10:16
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    John A. Afful, AfricaNews reporter in Takoradi, Ghana
    Police in South Africa's Hillbrow area have arrested a man suspected of committing over 10 rapes since August in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday morning, a Gauteng spokesperson has said. "I can confirm that a man was arrested this morning," said Captain Katlego Mogale.
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    "but I cannot comment further because only Colonel [Gerard] Labuschagne comments on the case."

    Eyewitness news reported he had been arrested in KwaMashu, outside Durban.

    Colonel Gerard Labuschagne earlier in the week said the man allegedly targeted young black women aged between 19 and 21 in and around the Johannesburg and Pretoria areas.

    "The suspect is targeting young black females between the ages of 19 and 21 in and around the Johannesburg area and more recently in Pretoria," said Labuschagne.

    The man believes to be in his 20s or early 30s approaches group of women neatly dressed with names like "S’bu", "Sibusiso", "Zamani", or "Vusi" and invites them to celebrate his birthday with him at a nearby restaurant or bar. He also has a large operation scar down his stomach and an old scar on his arm.

    He requests one of them to accompany him to fetch his sister or a friend taking a metered-taxi into Hillbrow or central Johannesburg and then lures her victim into a room in a hotel under the pretext of fetching his sister, a friend or his luggage.

    Threatens victim

    Once inside the room he rapes his victims and detain them overnight.

    Labuschagne said, "he threatens victims at gun point so that they do not scream.” Adding, "In the morning he tells the victim that he is going to withdraw money or get food and after a while she realizes the door is unlocked and she is free."

    According to SAPA the last rape that is suspected of being committed by this person was reported last week.

    "The statistic is that only one in nine rapes are reported so I think there must be many more than 12 rapes by this rapist."

    The alleged rapist was believed to be armed and in furtherance of this the public was warned to contact 082 770 5195 if they have any information on him.

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