Smiling killer gets stiff term

Twenty-year-old Cameron Wilson, pictured, clapped and smiled as he was sentenced to four life terms and 71 years behind bars for a string of convictions, including murder, rape and attempted murder.

The packed public gallery erupted with cheers after Western Cape High Court Judge Chantal Fortuin handed down sentence yesterday.

Wilson was convicted of 13 out of 15 charges on June 30 – five murders, rape, possession of a firearm and ammunition, two charges of assault, incitement to commit murder and three counts of attempted murder. The sentences will run concurrently.

His crime spree started in 2014 and ended with his arrest last year after the murder of 18-yearold Lekita Moore in Valhalla Park. Her mutilated, naked body was discovered in an open field where she had been stabbed 98 times.

Wilson was also found guilty of the murders of Alfonzo van Rooyen, Toyher Stobber, Ernest Erasmus and Stacey-Lee Mohale.

Abigail Plaatjies was one of his victims who survived. On April 24, 2015, Plaatjies and Mohale walked a friend home and, on their way back, were approached by Wilson and a younger boy.

Wilson led them to a field at gunpoint where he raped Mohale. He then hit and stabbed them before throwing tyres over them and setting them alight. Mohale died and Plaatjies sustained serious injuries.

Deemed a psychopath and a danger to society by forensic psychiatrist Professor Shaun Kaliski during sentencing proceedings, Wilson appeared unmoved by the sentence. – ANA