Victim’s DNA speaks beyond the grave: Court finds accused guilty of Tazné van Wyk murder: Moyhdian Pangkaeker found guilty on 21 charges including rape, murder and kidnapping of the eight year old girl
in 2020. The Western Cape high court found Pangkaeker guilty on 21 of 25 remaining charges on Wednesday.
“In this case similarities are striking,” said Maher, noting that the accused’s victims were all young girls and each was sexually assaulted. On Wednesday, the 56-year-old was convicted on charges including common assault, indecent assault, two of sexual assault, nine of rape, murder, two of kidnapping, child exploitation, incest, violating a corpse and absconding parole.
In a sting operation arranged by police and the accused’s former wife, Pangkaeker was persuaded to go to Cradock with the promise of R8000 and of meeting his former wife in a hotel.