Facebook rapist nailed
He was barely 18 when he ran a reign of terror among young women
DUBBED the Facebook serial rapist, the young Mamelodi East man befriended teenagers on the social media platform and later communicated with them via WhatsApp.
He would then meet them before raping and robbing them. Sedzani Muthuhadini Ndou has admitted to all the crimes.
He was barely 18 when he ran a reign of terror among young women.
Ndou was yesterday convicted in the Pretoria High Court on 16 charges, ranging from mostly rape to robbery.
He raped five women over a three-month period in 2016 before being nabbed.
His arrest came about after a friend of one of the teenagers lured him into a trap, befriending him on Facebook. The two made arrangements to meet, but, unknown to Ndou, she took the police along.
Although Ndou was only linked via DNA to three of the victims, aged 15 to 21, he was yesterday ready to admit to all the charges against him.
However, it was said in court that his modus operandi left no doubt he was the perpetrator in all the cases.
Ndou opened a fake Facebook account with the picture of an unknown young man, Junior, and pretended to be him. He and his victims chatted for some time on Facebook and exchanged pictures.
He also chatted to his victims on WhatsApp.
Ndou usually arranged to meet the young women at a Spar supermarket in Mamelodi.
He would introduce himself as Mpho, Junior’s cousin, and would tell them Junior was busy and had sent him to fetch them to take them to his home.
Ndou walked his victims through bushes to “Junior’s house” when he would suddenly attack them.
He usually forced them to perform sexual deeds on him, before raping them.
He admitted he threatened to beat them up afterwards if they did not give him their belongings. He mostly robbed the women of cash and cellphones.
“I knew my actions were wrong and punishable, but I still intended to rape and rob my victims,” he said in his plea.
Ndou was happy to plead guilty to all the charges, although he was advised by his advocate he could face life in jail.
A social worker will on May 2 present a report on Ndou to court, to be used for sentencing.
Judge Eben Jordaan was told by the defence it was important due to his age.
He appeared relaxed in the dock awaiting his fate and chatted to family members in the public gallery before the proceedings started.
His victims and their families, also in the gallery, were ready to testify against him, but were grateful he pleaded guilty, sparing them the ordeal of reliving the events.