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DNA links child serial rapist across provinces, results in three life sentences | SA News

A serial child rapist who asked for three life sentences to run concurrently was turned down to ensure he would not be eligible for parole after 25 years.

The Madadeni regional court in KwaZulu-Natal sentenced Elphius Elias Shabangu, 38, to life imprisonment for the rape of an 11-year-old girl in June 2024 near the Theku Plaza in Madadeni.

According to evidence led during the trial, Shabangu who didn’t know the girl, approached her and her siblings on June 28 while they were selling sugar cane near the roadside. The children were visiting their aunt in Madadeni.

KwaZulu-Natal National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Natasha Ramkisson-Kara said he sent the siblings to a nearby shop,…

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