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A Pretoria high court on Thursday May 27, sentenced a convicted serial rapist Sello Maponya who raped and robbed 56 women across Pretoria suburbs for five years, to 1,088 years in prison.
33 years old Sello Abram Mapunya was convicted on Wednesday May 26, for 41 rapes and 40 separate house breakings and house robberies, as well as assault with the intent to commit grievous bodily harm, robbery and theft.
Sello Mapunya who committed the crime while he lived with his girlfriend, eight-year-old son and four-year-old daughter in Pretoria, attacked women in Tshwane’s suburbs of Nellmapius, Mamelodi, Silverton, Olievenhoutbosch and Atteridgeville.
His youngest victim was 14 years old. She was attacked while walking home with a friend in Olievenhoutbosch. His eldest victim was 55 years old.
Serial rapist Sello Maponya handed 1,088 years in jail The 33-year-old terrorised communities of Atteridgeville, Mamelodi, Olievenhoutbosch and Silverton from 2014 until he was arrested in March 2019. Convicted rapist Sello Abram Mapunya (left) in the North Gauteng High Court on 27 May 2021. Picture: @NPA Prosecutes/Twitter
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JOHANNESBURG - Convicted serial rapist Sello Abram Maponya, who raped and robbed 56 women across Pretoria suburbs for five years, has been given 1,088 years behind bars.
Judge Papi Mosopa handed down the hefty sentence in the North Gauteng High Court on Thursday afternoon. He had earlier found Maponya guilty of 41 rapes, 40 counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances and 40 counts of housebreaking.