South African Serial Child Rapist Given 28 Life Sentences Including 538 years Imprisonment

Peter Dashboy Khaza r*ped over 20 children in

Tembisa and Olifantsfontein over a period of 4

years. According to the indictment, his victims

were as young as 9. He would tie them up, use

some form of lubrication which he would rub

on their genitals before raping them.

Judge Eben Jordaan of the Johannesburg High

Court on Monday April 4 sentenced Khoza to 28

life sentences for each of the r*pes he committed

over a four-year period. The 46-year-old was

sentenced to another 538 years behind bars for

his other crimes‚ including kidnapping and

assaulting the children he r*ped and others.

He was convicted of 28 counts of r*pe and two of

attempted r*pe‚ 45 of kidnapping‚ 17 of assault

with the intent to do grievous bodily harm‚ nine

of common assault‚ 18 of $exual assault‚ 16 of

compelling a child to witness a $exual offence

and four of theft.

The offences were committed between 2007 and

2013 in the areas south of Pretoria. Khoza would

lure girls as young as nine years old into the

bushes where he would tie them up and r*pe

some of the children.The state alleges that in

cases where he kidnapped more than one child,

Khoza would r*pe one and force the other to

watch. He also r*ped one of his victims, an 11-

year-old , in front of her two-year-old brother.

He would also on occassion take some of his

victims’ belongings including groceries and

money.

He faced 152 charges but Jordaan found him not

guilty on 13 charges‚ which included kidnapping

‚ common‚ assault and theft. In addition to the

life sentences‚ Jordaan sentenced Khoza to:

• 12 years in prison for each of the two counts of

attempted r*pe;

• 10 years for each of the 17 counts of assault

with intent to do grievous bodily harm;

• Five years for each of the 45 counts of

kidnapping;

• Five years for each of the 18 counts of $exual

assault;

• One year for each of the nine counts of

common assault;

• One year for each of the 16 counts of

compelling a child to witness a $exual assault;

and

• One year for each of the four counts of theft.

All the sentences will run concurrently.

Jordaan also ordered that Khoza’s name be

included in the National Register for $ex

Offenders.

“The accused is a serial rapist. Even if he is

released in his sixties‚ he will be a danger to

society‚” Jordaan said.

Jordaan said Khoza’s actions could be described

as “horrible and unacceptable”.

He said the children Khoza had r*ped were

traumatised and became hysterical when they

saw him in court.

Family members and friends of Khoza’s victims

clapped their hands and cheered after the judge

delivered his sentence.

“Goodbye celebrity‚” one woman said while

waving at Khoza as he was ushered into the

police cells.

The mother of Khoza’s last victim‚ a girl who

helped to identify him in order to be arrested

‚ said she was pleased with the sentence.

“My daughter still gets nightmares about this

man. She cannot socialise with other children‚”

the woman said. “She does not trust men

anymore. I also cannot even get romantically

involved with a man because I am scared for my

daughter.”

Source: Times LIVE