UMZIMKHULU Regional Court has recently sentenced convicted serial rapist Tenes Hassan (33) to six life imprisonment terms after he was found guilty of raping six women between January and December 2022 in Umzimkhulu.

In all six rape cases, Hassan broke into the houses where women were staying by themselves or with their children, and demanded cellphones and money before raping them. The man attacked the victims mostly between 2am and 3am in the morning.

The Kokstad Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit detectives collected pieces of evidence and linked Hassan to all the rape cases through DNA. The court further sentenced Hassan to an additional eight years in prison for housebreaking. His name will be entered in the National Register of Sexual Offenders. 

In a separate case, Kokstad FCS secured another life imprisonment sentence for a rapist (45) who raped his five-year-old niece in the Gowan Lea policing precinct in December last year.

On the day, the child was playing at her neighbour’s house when the uncle called her to his house. The victim’s brother followed but the uncle chased him away and raped the child. The sentence was handed down by the Umzimkhulu Regional Court.

The court also handed down a sentence of 20 years’ direct imprisonment to a woman (19) who was found guilty of raping her 9-year-old neighbour in the Ibisi area. 

SAPS spokesperson in KZN Colonel Robert Netshiunda said all convicted rapists will have their names entered in the National Register of Sexual Offenders.

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