Ekurhuleni serial rapist Nkosinathi Phakathi gets multiple life sentences [VIDEO]

Nkosinathi Phakathi appeared in the High Court in Johannesburg sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on Friday.

Phakathi was sentenced as one of South Africa's worst serial rapistsEkurhuleni serial rapist Nkosinathi Phakathi has been sentenced to multiple life terms.

Phakathi appeared in the High Court in Johannesburg sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on Friday. Phakathi has been sentenced to 42 life terms for rape, along with 791 years and 6 months of direct imprisonment for kidnapping, compelling a minor to witness a sexual act, sexual assault, and theft.Judge Lesego Makolomakwe said the court is mandated to impose sentences that reflect the severity of the offences committed and the nature of the crime.

“Our courts have an obligation in imposing sentences for such a crime, particularly when it involves young, innocent, defenceless and vulnerable girls.”Makolomakwe ordered Pakathi’s name be added to the National Register for Sex Offenders, and to the National Child Protection Register.He was found guilty of 90 counts of rape, four counts of compelled rape, three counts of causing a child to witness a sexual act, 43 counts of kidnapping, two counts of assault as well as four counts of theft.

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