Rape victim’s horror ordeal
He produced a box of matches and ordered her to set the bed alight.
SANDILE Lellewyn Dlamini (34) murdered a friend then stabbed a woman before forcing her to help him burn the body.
He then took her outside, raped and stabbed her as well before dumping her in a stream, thinking she was also dead.
Miraculously, she survived and Dlamini now is behind bars for life-times-two, plus 65 years.
On May 20 last year, Dlamini was having a drink with Mbongeni Ntobela (30) and the woman (40) in Shobashobane, Izingolweni.
The woman and Ntobela went to sleep and, when she woke up, she discovered Ntobela on the floor, covered in blood. He had been stabbed multiple times.
Dlamini was standing next to the body with a knife.
When she asked Dlamini what had happened, he stabbed her twice. He then ordered her to help him place the body on the bed. At first she refused, but, fearing for her life, she complied.
Dlamini produced a box of matches and ordered her to set the bed alight. He then dragged her from the burning room.
He raped her and and stabbed her again several times.
He then left her in a stream where she pretended to be dead.
When she was sure that Dlamini had left, she crawled to a nearby house for help. The police were called. but Dlamini had fled to Verulam, Durban, where he burgled a house.
On May 5 this year Dlamini was arrested by Verulam police.
He made several court appearances and was sentenced in the Ramsgate High Court to life imprisonment for murder, life imprisonment for rape, 15 years for robbery, 10 years for arson, five years for kidnapping, 10 years for attempted murder, 10 years for attempted murder and 15 years for aggravated robbery.
Detective Warrant Officer Goodwill Mavundla from Izingolweni SAPS was praised for his slick detective work in bringing the criminal to book.
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