Times Of Swaziland: Serial rapist gets  40 years no fine

Serial rapist gets  40 years no fine
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BY KHULEKANI NENE on 01/08/2013 03:34:00


SITEKI - A serial rapist who raped three women in two days at Sithobelweni last
year has been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment without an option of a fine.
Mandla Thulani Makhanya, 30, was sentenced by Lubombo Principal Magistrate
Florence Msibi yesterday morning. Makhanya was facing three counts of rape with
aggravating factors and a count of robbery and theft.
“You need to start respecting women and stop treating them as sex objects.
There is really something wrong with you and that can only be corrected by
sending you to a correctional facility where you will be kept away from
society,” the magistrate remarked shortly before passing sentence.
Lubombo Senior Prosecutor Mbutfo Mbingo had pointed out that the accused
exhibited a high degree of brutality by raping two of the survivors in front of
their siblings.