According to media reports, a 35-year-old rapist has been jailed for 1,535 years by a South African court for sexually assaulting around 29 women over a period of five years.
Albert Morake's reign of terror in the Tembisa area of Gauteng province began in 2007 and ended with his arrest in 2012.
Morake was sentenced by the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday to 1,535 years of imprisonment including 30 life terms for 30 counts of rape, 360 years for robbery and hundred more for crimes including attempted murder, kidnapping and robbery.
Morake had pleaded not guilty to 175 charges, including 30 of rape, 41 of kidnapping and 24 of robbery among others. However, he was found guilty on 144 counts. The sentences will run concurrently.
Judge Rean Strydom said Morake had not shown remorse and had persisted in denying his involvement in the crimes.
Strydom said most of Morake's victims had been traumatised and were emotional when they testified against him.
"He had acted with premeditation. He came prepared [to commit the crimes] and was always in control," said Strydom.
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