Serial rapist Frans Mahumane sentenced to life imprisonment
Serial rapist Frans Mahumane ,who was convicted in February, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for rape.
He was sentenced in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
"A serial rapist that operated in the areas of Honeydew and Muldersdrift was sentenced to life plus 35 years imprisonment by the Roodepoort Magistrates' Court yesterday, Frans Mahumane, was convicted on 17 February 2021.
“The court sentenced him to ten years for each of the two counts of rape, life imprisonment for another count of rape, and 15 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances. The sentences will not run concurrently,” said the NPA in Gauteng.
The NPA says the court heard how on different occasions dating back from January to May 2011, two adult women were accosted by Mahumane in the early hours of the morning in the bushes at Eskom informal settlement.
The third victim was walking along Cedar road in Muldersdrift when she met Mahumane, who claimed to be lost.
"Wielding a firearm and knife, he robbed her of her belongings. In all three incidents, Mahumane forcefully removed the women's underwear and raped them. DNA swabs extracted from all victims matched the buccal samples extracts from Mahumane," the NPA said.
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"Prosecutor, Mr Mahine Shadrack Temeki, argued that since one of the adult victims was raped more than once, the law dictates that life imprisonment should be imposed since there were no substantial and compelling circumstances to warrant a deviation.
“He further argued that the prevalence of this dehumanising crime should be met with harsher sentences to deter like-minded individuals.”
The High Court in Durban earlier convicted him on 14 counts ranging from rape, sexual assault, kidnapping, and robbery with aggravating circumstances for crimes committed between June 2016 and August 2017.
