Serial rapist & murderer Johan Williams sentenced to life behind bars
Fifty-two-year Johan Williams was this week handed eight life terms with a further 60 years in prison for a spate of femicides between 2012 and 2018.
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CAPE TOWN - A serial rapist and murderer who targeted desperate young women with the promise of a job has been sentenced to life behind bars.
Fifty-two-year Johan Williams was this week handed eight life terms with a further 60 years in prison for a spate of femicides between 2012 and 2018.
Prosecutors said that the sentencing sent a strong message that gender-based violence would not be tolerated.
Johan Williams has been convicted of 19 charges, including six counts of kidnapping, five counts of rape and three counts of murder, among others.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Eric Ntabazalila, said that Williams kidnapped, raped and murdered his victims, Natalie Jonkers, Maria Isaacs, and Chantelle Matthyssen.
"He targeted desperate young women, promising them employment opportunities, only for them to be found raped, murdered and buried in shallow graves."
The 52-year-old serial rapist maintained his innocence throughout the trial despite pointing police to the area where he buried his victims.