Convicted accused faces four more counts of rape

Alleged serial rapist, East London’s iphela (sedan) taxi driver Siyabonga Sloti, 29, who will soon face a high court judge for four counts of allegedly raping four  women  passengers who boarded his vehicle between 2015 and 2016.
He was on Tuesday slapped with a 12-year sentence for a previous rape.
He was also sentenced to 12 months in prison for robbing his victim of a cellphone and money, with both sentences set to run concurrently.
 Sloti was sentenced by the East London regional court magistrate Deon Rossouw on Tuesday after he convicted him of raping and robbing a 26-year-old Zwelitsha woman who had hitch-hiked his taxi in July 2016.
 Sloti, who was arrested last November for the July 29 2016 rape incident, will have to answer to more rape charges as his DNA was later reportedly linked to four other cases that apparently  took place in Berlin, Scenery Park and Duncan Village between 2015 and 2016...

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