Notorious Eastern Cape Facebook serial rapist and murderer Xolisa Sojada has been sentenced to six life terms and 135 years’ imprisonment. The 34-year-old will serve an effective three life imprisonment terms. Mthatha high court judge Richard Brooks sentenced Sojada on Wednesday to life for each of the three counts of murder, life on three counts of rape and 15 years for the other three counts of rape, 15 years on six counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances and five years for hous.
Xolisa Sojada, the notorious “Qumbu Facebook serial rapist and murderer”, has been found guilty of three counts of murder, six of rape, five of robbery with aggravating circumstances and one of housebreaking.
“She was crying and sounding terrified, begging me to borrow R3,000 and send it to her as quickly as we could. She did not talk long and the phone was apparently taken from her.
“I heard a man demanding the money if we did not want my daughter to be killed. I begged him to give us until the next morning for us to borrow the money and send it to him.
Police showed us pictures on the phone and we identified the shirt and the shoes worn by this criminal, sitting there in my daughter’s clothes.
Phindiwe Grey, victim s mother
Confessed Eastern Cape serial killer wore East London victim’s clothes to court By Lulamile Feni - 10 June 2021 Xolisa Sojada, who is facing three counts of murder and six counts of rape, at the Mthatha court. Image: ZIYANDA ZWENI
An East London mother, Phindiwe Grey, gave moving testimony on Wednesday about how her daughter, Nolonwabo Grey of Duncan Village, had been kidnapped, raped, and murdered by a man who had called her family and demanded R3,000 ransom for her release.
The 69-year-old widow’s pain echoed through her testimony in the Mthatha high court.
Her daughter was one of three young women murdered by the man dubbed the Qumbu Facebook serial rapist.
One of the six alleged rape victims of the man dubbed the Qumbu Facebook serial rapist and murderer showed bravery and confidence as she told the Mthatha high court on Tuesday of the evening she had been attacked.