A serial rapist, named Ndumiso Giyani has been sentenced to 441 years imprisonment for a litany of charges in Kimberley, the capital city of South Africa’s Northern Cape Province.
Giyani’s crimes included 14 counts of rape, 12 counts of robbery with aggravated circumstances, two counts of attempted robbery with aggravated circumstances and six counts of kidnapping.
Giyani was arrested in January 2019 after a police manhunt that began when investigators linked him to a string of rapes and robberies committed between 2014 and 2018.
After his four year reign of terror and subsequent arrest, he was found guilty in the Kimberley High Court on more than 30 charges, including 14 counts of rape late last year. He was sentenced June 5th.
Police officials welcomed the sentence which they felt was appropriate for the egregious crimes which Giyani was convicted of in November 2019.
“The SAPS in the Northern Cape welcomes the 441 years imprisonment handed down to serial rapist, Ndumiso Giyani in the Northern Cape High Court today, 05 June 2020.
“The accused terrorised 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, two counts of attempted robbery with aggravated circumstances and six counts of kidnapping,” SAPS spokesperson, Captain Sergio Kock stated.
Judge Mathebe Phatshoane’s chief concern in handing down the sentence was ensuring that Giyani be prevented from visiting further harm to the community, according to the South African.
