Beaded rapist gets four life sentences

Serial rapist Sipho Mbokazi, known as the ‘beaded penis rapist’ was sentenced to four life terms in jail plus an additional 213 years.

He was sentenced in the high court in Pretoria on Wednesday.

Mbokazi, 37, wore beads on his private parts when he raped his victims. He attacked most of his victims in their homes in Soshanguve. He wore a balaclava and held a gun or knife at the victim’s throat.

One woman was raped in front of her six-year old son.
His crime streak lasted for two years before he was eventually arrested in April 2013.

He attacked some of his victims on more than one occasion.

Two of his victims, who were present at the sentencing are mother and daughter. The two wept as the sentencing was read out.

Pretoria News reported, Judge Kollapen told each victim that they were brave women to have faced their rapist in court.

The judge told the victims that what happened to them was not their fault and that justice had been served.

“I have little doubt that the consequences of what happened will stay with you for a long time. Some of you will overcome the effects with time; for others it may last for ever, but the fact that you came to court to testify showed that you will not allow what had happened to defeat you.”

Mbokazi maintains his innocence.

He was linked to the rapes by DNA, as well as the beads he wore on his penis.

He has since removed the beads.

He said that the beads were a common thing among men, and it does not prove that he is a rapist.

All the victims identified him, saying that they recognised his eyes.

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