Case overview
Sithole murdered at least 37 women and one toddler between 16 July 1994 and 6 November 1995. [1]
Sithole was sentenced to 2,410 years imprisonment and is currently incarcerated in Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein. The judge also told Sithole that if capital punishment was still used, he would have been sentenced to death. On 5 December 1997, Sithole was sentenced to 50 years' imprisonment for each of the 38 murders, twelve years' imprisonment for each of the 40 rapes, and five years' imprisonment for each of six robberies. [2]
