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- A Mdtantsane man was convicted of two murders and 18 rapes he committed while on probation for rape.
- The Bhisho High Court also found 45-year-old Malibongwe Ncokolo guilty of attempted rape.
- The youngest of her victims was 11 years old in the attacks she committed between 2014 and 2017.
A Mdtantsane man was convicted of two murders and 18 rapes that he committed while on probation for rape. The Bhisho High Court also found 45-year-old Malibongwe Ncokolo guilty of attempted rape.
The youngest of her victims was 11 years old in the attacks she committed between 2014 and 2017.
The convictions end a period of horror for the communities in which he carried out his attacks.
The spokesperson for the National Prosecution Authority in the Eastern Cape, Anelisa Ngcakani, said he was released on parole in February 2014, but dedicated himself to raping girls and women.
He stalked them as they walked alone and threatened them with a knife as he dragged them into the bushes.
One of his victims was 11 years old and Ncokolo carried out his attacks in Mdantsane, Scenery Park and East London until his arrest in 2017.
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One of his other victims was a 14-year-old girl who was raped while walking home from school on May 31, 2017 in Unit 6, Mdantsane.
She managed to escape after he raped her, strangled her, and tried to drag her further into a bush. People nearby heard her scream and ran to rescue her. While searching for the perpetrator, they found the decomposing bodies of Bongiwe Matoyo, 25, and Lindi Malote, 19.
Ncokolo was arrested a week later and found with the cell phone of the 14-year-old girl he had raped. DNA evidence linked him to a series of attacks.
Judge Igna Stretch found him guilty of the murders of Matoyo and Malote, but was acquitted of the charge of murdering Thulisa Ndika because her body was not found. Her school bag was found at the site of the decomposing bodies of Matoyo and Malote.
Ncokolo was also acquitted of assault charges with intent to cause serious bodily harm. Stretch also found him guilty of four counts of assault and two counts of robbery; crimes he committed during the rapes.
Members of a task force made up of various police units, including detectives from Mdantsane NU1 and members of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sex Crimes Unit, arrested Ncokolo a week after his attack on the 14-year-old girl.
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