Tuesday, November 15, 2016

UCT serial rapist has been sentenced yesterday

Nontando Mafanya
15 November 2016

The University of Cape Town serial rapist has been handed nine life sentences.

Patrick Hlomane entered into a plea and sentencing agreement with the State in the Western Cape High Court on Monday.

He was arrested in March in connection with the rape of five women near Rhodes Memorial between November 2015 and February 2016.

Hlomane has pleaded guilty to all charges against him. He had been charged with the kidnapping, rape, assault and robbery of numerous women near Rhodes Memorial and the UCT campus last summer. 

Hlomane has admitted to mostly targeting women with braided hair.


 In his plea and sentence agreement he also admitted to often watching pornographic videos starring mostly females who had braids.

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