Serial rapist sentenced to 22 life in prison

Nontando Mafanya

12 July 2016

Serial rapist Jonas Kgabo Moshabi has been sentenced to 22 life sentences for raping 32 women, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Monday.

He showed no remorse, pleaded not guilty, and was linked to all the attacks through DNA.

Two victims identified him in the dock, NPA spokesperson Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi said in a statement.

The Limpopo High Court sentenced him on Friday.

He raped 32 women between 2005 and 2012.

He was found guilty of a string of other crimes including attempted murder, housebreaking, robbery with aggravating circumstances, malicious damage to property, and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.