reported in the country. when it comes to convictions of rapes, it s less than 5% of successful convictions, when it comes to rape cases. murder is less than 10% conviction rate. so it s a massive success even after such a long time. many of these cases do take very, very long. i think the challenge with this was that andrea or andrew, as they knew him, then fled across the border. i remember on the day after the murder and the rape, was when i attended the scene. and it was haunting to hear that he had just literally vanished, and that he had threatened people, local people, while he was fleeing. nevertheless, obviously, with lehanne following up and her and i speaking almost annually, it helped a lot when she called me on the morning ofjuly 30th, 2020, it was exactly six years
that, and we know that only one in nine rapes are actually reported in the country. when it comes to convictions of rapes, it s less than 5% of successful convictions, when it comes to rape cases. murder is less than 10% conviction rate. so it s a massive success even after such a long time. many of these cases do take very, very long. i think the challenge with this was that andrea or andrew, as they knew him, then fled across the border. i remember on the day after the murder and the rape, was when i attended the scene. and it was haunting to hear that he had just literally vanished, and that he had threatened people, local people, while he was fleeing. nevertheless, obviously, with lehanne following up and her and i speaking almost annually, it helped a lot when she called me on the morning ofjuly 30th,
of his friends. lehanne then arranged a date with him injohannesburg, and contacted police in the hope they would organise a sting operation. however, imbayarwo became suspicious and began ignoring her messages. in 2020, lehanne posted on social media, declaring andrea imbayarwo as her aunt s killer and that post was widely shared. one person who saw it was ian cameron, a crime victim advocate in south africa. he received a tip off from imbayarwo s employer, leading to his arrest a few hours later. imbayarwo was found guilty of rape and murder on tuesday and will be sentenced today.
a man who raped and murdered a british woman in south africa eight years ago will be sentenced today. andrea imbayarwo fled the country after killing christine robinson but was eventually tracked down by the victim s niece. christine and her husband daniel moved to south africa in 2002 to open a game park in limpopo. daniel died in 2012 but christine decided to stay, and continue to run a guest lodge on the park. in 2014, christine was murdered by mr imbayarwo. he worked at the game park as a gardener, and subsequently fled to zimbabwe. christine s niece lehanne sergison started a petition that year calling for action to track the killer down and she also began searching for clues online. in 2018, lehanne discovered that andrea imbayarwo was active on dating sites and back living in south africa so she created a false identity online and connected with some