A 30-year-old Prosper Bhule of Bulawayo has been sentenced to 232 years behind bars by the Bulawayo Magistrates Court after he was found guilty of 16 counts of r*pe.
The serial r*pist started his escapades in 2018 when he r*ped an unsuspecting victim in New Luveve, Bulawayo after he followed her to a bushy area.
The court heard that Bhule continued committing crimes until 2022 when he was arrested.
According to the court papers, out of the 16 victims r*ped by Bhule, 13 are juveniles, mainly his relatives staying in South Africa.
The r*pist would follow his unsuspecting victims until they reached secluded places before he would produce an okapi knife and threaten to st*b them if they did not give in to his demands.
Buhle was arrested on the 18th of March in 2022 in Bulawayo, a day after r*ping a complainant who reported the matter to the police.
The serial r*pist, who was initially facing 18 counts of r*pe and one attempted r*pe case, will be behind the prison walls for the next 232 years.
SOURCE : ZBC NEWS
