Veli Skobi will now appear at Evander Regional Court
The police arrested Sikobi at a crime scene in KZN in December last year. DNA linked him to the cases in eMbalenhle.
Alleged serial rapist and killer Veli Sikobi (45) appeared before the Evander Regional Court on November 6 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 is a 10-year-old girl at the time he allegedly raped her.
The second victim from eMbalenhle is 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.
The police arrested Sikobi at a crime scene in KZN in December last year. DNA linked him to the cases in eMbalenhle.
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Sikobi first appeared in court on September 22 and the 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. Sikobi was denied bail on October 9 and the case was referred to the regional court.
It has now been postponed to November 27 for him to consult with his legal aid attorney.
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