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Serial killer gets 165 years PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Tuesday, 27 July 2004
Zenzele Kuhlase and Oris Mnisi


Bushbuckridge - Soft-spoken multiple rapist and killer Fanuel Makamu has been handed a hefty 165 years in jail, as well as eight life sentences. Makamu, 30, from Acornhoek in Bushbuckridge, Limpopo, was sentenced to cries of jubilation in the Mhala circuit of the Pretoria High Court last week, bringing relief to the community and even his mother.

"My son got what he deserved and the sentence is not shocking when you consider his offences," says his mother, Joyce Makhubela, who turned her son in following threats from the community.

"I couldn't believed Fanuel could commit such terrible sins but when his victims testified in court it was clear to me that they were telling the truth," she adds quietly.

She and her daughter, Sibongile Makamu, 19, were treated warmly by his victims and their families outside the courtroom after the sentencing last Thursday.

The case was first tried in the Nelspruit circuit, but Judge Willie Seriti insisted Makamu be sentenced in the Mhala court so that the community he terrorised could attend the sentencing.

He was found guilty of 32 of the 34 charges against him.

Bushbuckridge mayor Milton Morema says Makamu's sentence was a great relief to people of the area.

"We thank the judge for bringing the case here so the traumatised victims could see that their testimony was not fruitless. We are thankful Makamu will now rot in jail," says Morema.

After Makamu's arrest in September 2000 police managed to trace 104 witnesses to testify against him.

Makamu's co-accused, Henry Maile, was shot dead when police raided his house.




http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1563730,00.html
 
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