Cape Town — 21-year-old Sifiso Mkhwanazi has been found guilty of multiple charges including the rape and murder of six sex workers in Johannesburg, the Gauteng High Court ruled.
He was found guilty of rape and murder and obstructing the administration of justice. High Court Judge, Cassim Moosa, handed down the judgement to Mkhwanazi, The Citizen reported.
“I reject the version of the accused as beyond false and find that the accused had acted with pre-meditation, planning and an informed intention to kill the deceased. Further, having due regard to the totality of the evidence before this court, and the necessary inferences that may be drawn therefrom, I find that the accused did unlawfully have sexual intercourse with all the deceased.’ Moosa said.
21-year-old Sifiso Mkhwanazi has been found guilty of multiple charges of rape and murder of six sex workers in Johannesburg. Judgment was handed down this morning in the High court sitting in Palm Ridge. @ZinikokaMhlaba has more.
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According to EWN, Mkhwanazi faced a total of 22 charges, which included six rape, six murder and six obstruction of justice charges. He also faced one charge of possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition.
He was not charged with aggrevated robbery, but instead with a lower charge of theft after stole a cellphone belonging to one of the victims. He was charged for his crimes committed between April and October 2022. He will appear in court again on 8 May.
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