Alleged serial rapist and killer appears in Evander Court
Sikobi was arrested on a crime scene in KZN in December last year and DNA linked him to the cases in eMbalenhle.
Veli Sikobi (45) appeared before the Evander Magistrate’s Court on October 4 on three counts of rape and one of murder.
These crimes were reported in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and eMbalenhle.
Two victims are from eMbalenhle. One of them was a 10-year-old girl at the time he allegedly raped her.
The second victim from eMbalenhle was a 28-year-old woman he allegedly raped and murdered in 2014.
The other victims in KZN were 14 and 18 years old, respectively, when allegedly raped.
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The police arrested Sikobi on a crime scene in KZN in December last year. DNA linked him to the cases in eMbalenhle.
Sikobi first appeared in court on September 22, where his court case was postponed to October 4 for a formal bail application.
The magistrate asked the investigating officer, Sergeant Hezekiel Malapela, what was happening to the other cases from KZN, to which Malapela explained the KZN police wanted all the cases to be transferred to the Evander Magistrate’s Court.
The magistrate said they needed authorisation to centralise all the cases.
The court postponed the case to October 9 for a formal bail application.
