A Zimbabwean man Leonard Lemmy Chauke has been sentenced to three life terms and an additional 226 years for several charges that include murder and rape.
Chauke (34) escaped from Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Services in Pretoria where he was serving a 15-year sentence in December 2020 after doing just two months.
Lemmy and his accomplices committed crimes in and around Olievenhoutbosch Township and Wierda Park in Centurion, outside Pretoria, raping and robbing victims of their belongings.
Chauke was also sentenced to 15 years direct imprisonment for five counts of housebreaking, 15 years direct imprisonment for three counts of kidnapping and 10 years direct imprisonment for rape.
He will serve another 12 years direct imprisonment for four counts of unlawful possession of ammunition, two years direct imprisonment for escaping from custody and two years direct imprisonment for being illegal in the country.
He pleaded guilty to all the charges.
