GRASKOP- Lincho Believe Makhubela will spend life behind bars after his sentencing today the High Court Sitting.
He was handed two life sentences for rape, 10 years for culpable homicide and five years for each count of kidnapping.
VIDEO: Judge Takalani Ritshibvumo hands down the sentence
Makhubela was arrested in June 2018 after the body of eight- year- old Nokubonga Nonyane was found dumped in a ditch in Numbi.
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In a separate incident, he kidnapped and raped another minor who was nine -years-old at the time, dragged her into a bush and raped her on March 31 on the same year at Nyongane Trust.
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