Former Prasa officer Sipho Lucas Phiri charged with 145 crimes, including 44 rapes, targeting victims using his position and Prasa resources.
For six long years, a Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa employee wearing company clothing, armed with a gun and using a company vehicle used his position as an officer to gain the trust of unknowing victims who later became his rape targets.
Sipho Lucas Phiri, 38, is charged with 145 counts, including 44 for rape, 43 for kidnapping, 41 for pointing a firearm and additional cases of fraud, obstruction of justice and forcing someone to witness a sexual act.The high court sitting in Benoni Magistrate’s Court deliberated yesterday on whether the media should publish the identity of the suspect.
“It is alleged that he targeted the victims while going home, to work or waiting for a taxi, and would point a firearm, force them into his car and drive to a destination where he would rape them.”
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