Three life sentences and 48 years in jail were imposed on a 44-year-old serial rapist and robber in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday.Judge Chris Nicholson told Vusi Mseleku, of the Pietermaritzburg district, that he should be behind bars for the rest of his life as he was incapable of reformation.
Sentences of life behind bars were also imposed to protect society from criminals, Nicholson said.
Mseleku, a father of five, kicked down people's doors, robbed them, and raped one victim in front of her boyfriend and another victim in front of her mother and child.
His catalogue of crime, including three rapes, two aggravated robberies of his rape victims, a third aggravated robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm stretched from 2003 to 2007.
Nicholson refused an application for leave to appeal against the convictions and sentences.
Finite sentences run concurrently with life sentences.
Source : Sapa /str/ml
Date : 17 Feb 2009 13:50
