Man gets arrested again after murder
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The Pretoria High Court has postponed a murder case against a 28 years old Raymond Mkanzi from Pienaarspoort to September 30th, 2024 for sentencing.
Lumka Mahanajana from the NPA said that the now convicted Mkanzi asked two of his neighbours, including a 33 years old woman to accompany him to his sister’s place in East Lynne to fetch money she owes him.
The three boarded a train from Silverton train station to East Lynne. When they arrived at Eersterust, Mkanzi took both complainants to a nearby veld, alleging that it was a shorter route to his sister’s house. While walking through the veld, Mkanzi robbed both complainants of their belongings, hit the 33-year-old complainant with a brick on her head and sexually assaulted her.
He continued to rape the lady until she and the other victim managed to escape the following morning to report the matter to the police.
As a result, he was arrested and released from police custody on 21 October 2019. After the incident, the community members burned his shack.
Ten days later he called the community leader to talk about his shack be rebuild and also threatened him if the shack is not fixed.
Four days later after the threat, the 33-year-old complainant found a package containing fingers, an ear and a note at her doorstep asking her to meet with him.
On the same morning, another community member found a package containing a human hand folded in a fist and a note on their doorstep. The two reported the matter to the community who then set a trap for Mkanzi.
Falling for the trap, she arranged to meet up with him at Silverton train station where he was apprehended by the community members and handed over to the police. He has been in police custody since then.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges and said he was kidnapped by the said lady and was forced to cut off the body parts of the deceased.
He was guilty of rape, kidnapping, assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm, sexual assault, and premeditated murder of Dean Phillip Brendon Sampson, as well as three counts of assault by threat.
