The SAPS in the Northern Cape welcomes the 441 years imprisonment handed down to serial rapist, Ndumiso Giyani in the Northern Cape High Court on 5 June 2020.
The accused terrorized the communities of Kimberley, Galeshewe and Kagisho from 2014 until 2018. After intense investigations, Giyane was eventually linked in 2018, and arrested on 24 January 2019.
He was found guilty on 11 November 2019 in the Kimberley High Court on 14 counts of rape, 12 counts of robbery with aggravated circumstances, 2 counts of attempted robbery with aggravated circumstances and 6 counts of kidnapping.
Judge Mathebe Phatshoane reiterated that Giyane has to be removed from society and the sentences were given as follows:
Three life sentences for 3 charges of rape;
19 years imprisonment each for 11 charges of rape;
15 years imprisonment each for 12 charges of robbery with aggravated circumstances;
14 years for 1 charge of attempted robbery with aggravated circumstances and
5 years imprisonment each for 6 counts of Kidnapping. The sentences will run concurrently with the 3 life sentences.
“The Deputy Provincial Commissioner for Crime Detection in the Northern Cape, Major General Koliswa Otola lauded the two Investigating Officers, Lieutenant Colonel Marli Strydom (Galeshewe Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences unit) and Sergeant Aaron Gumede (Provincial Serial and Electronic Crime Investigations) for a brilliant job done. The community is also lauded for their assistance that ensured the perpetrator of the spate of heinous crimes is behind bars where he belongs, said Otola.”
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