David Randitsheni Explained

David Randitsheni
Birthname:David Randitsheni
Alias:Modimolle Serial Killer
Birth Date:1964/5
Birth Place:South Africa
Death Date:2009
Cause:Suicide
Conviction:10 counts of murder
17 counts of rape
18 counts of kidnapping
1 count of indecent assault
Sentence:16 life sentences
220 years imprisonment
Victims:10
Country:South Africa
States:Limpopo
Beginyear:2004
Endyear:2008

David Randitsheni (1964/65 – 2009[1]) was a South African rapist and serial killer who in 2009 was convicted on 10 counts of murder, 17 counts of rape, 18 counts of kidnapping and one count of indecent assault. He was sentenced to 16 life sentences and 220 years in prison with the judge stipulating that he could not be considered for parole before serving at least 35 years in prison by which time he would be 80 years old.[2] Only one of his victims was an adult (a woman), the rest were all children.

The crimes were committed over a four-year period from 2004 to 2008 around the town of Modimolle in the Limpopo province.

Randitsheni was found hanging in his prison cell from an apparent suicide shortly after commencing his sentence.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Serial killer found hanging by a sheet . 2009-08-31 . IOL . SAPA . 2009-08-31.
  2. News: 16x life for serial child killer . 2009-08-18 . News24.com . SAPA . 2009-08-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090820065947/http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/812536bf1830478597fe86c76ad4703d/18-08-2009-10-06/16x_life_for_serial_child_killer . 2009-08-20 .
  3. News: Serial killer found hanging by a sheet . 2009-08-31 . IOL . SAPA . 2009-08-31.