28 years old rapist gets three life terms plus 279 years in prison

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Victory for the victims of multiple assaults suffered at the hands of a 28 years old Thabang Moloi from Klerksdorp who went on a raping and robbery spree between 2016 and 2018.

In one among 27 cases reported against Moloi, it is said that on the night of 10 July 2016, at Ikageng near Potchefstroom, he kidnapped an adult female who he met on the street and dragged her to a nearby house and raped her.

While in a separate incident that took place on the night of 14 August 2017, Moloi together with an accomplice known as Rodger met a couple on the street and started assaulting the boyfriend with stones on the head and wielding their knives. They then dragged the lady to the next street and took turns to rape her.

He continued with his criminal acts together with his accomplice where they also on the 3rd of December 2017, they kidnapped three adult females at knifepoint, took them to an isolated location where they tied them up with shoelaces and proceeded to rape one of them while recording themselves. Later robbed the victims’ money before fleeing the scene.

“In a separate incident that took place on the night of 10 December 2017 at Ikageng, Moloi and Rodger came across two adult females near a pub, they kidnapped them at knifepoint and took them to an isolated area where they robbed their cellphones and demanded their bank cards and pin codes.”

“Moloi left the scene alone to go and withdraw money from the victim’s bank accounts. Rodger proceeded to rape one of the victims in the absence of the first accused. The female who was watching while her friend was raped managed to grab Rodger’s knife and stab him to death” said NPA Spokesperson Henry Mamothame.

Eventually Moloi was arrested on December 19, 2018 but later on escaped after freeing himself off the foot-cuffs and jumped out of the police bakkie and escaped after failing to escape on the first attempt. He escaped while being transported from Potchefstroom police station to Orkney police station.

“On 06 April 2018 at the Primosa location near Potchefstroom, Moloi together with a man known as Muzwa accosted an adult male who was standing near the road and they stabbed him in the neck and stomach multiple times before robbing him of his cellphone, shoes, trouser and money. They then put him in the boot of their car, drove off from the scene and dumped him in an isolated area. They hit him with stones on the head before fleeing the scene. The man was certified dead on the scene upon his discovery” said Mamothame.

Moloi is not new to the Justice Dept and prison as he is currently serving a 15-year sentence on a charge of kidnapping and robbery and he has another pending rape case that is unrelated to the 27 offences he is sentenced on. He also has four other convictions to his name, that includes theft, two robberies with aggravating circumstances and kidnapping.

He was rearrested on August 20, 2018 and charged with 27 offences most of which were rape, assault and robbery.

Presiding over case, Judge Nicholas Laubscher handed down three life terms and a combined 279 years on all 27 charges.