Chatsworth serial rapist jailed for life after DNA links him to decade of attacks
He was convicted of offences committed in the Savannah Park and Welbedacht areas against three women aged between 15 and 31.
A 47-year-old man, who has not been named, has been sentenced to an effective life term for a decade-long spate of rapes in the Chatsworth, Savannah Park and Welbedacht areas. The Durban Regional Court handed down the sentence on 1 September 2026 after DNA evidence finally linked him to the attacks. The man was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting three women aged between 15 and 31 in 2013, 2016 and 2021.
One of the assaults involved kidnapping the victim, while another ended with the woman being stabbed with a broken beer bottle. National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Natasha Ramkisson-Kara said all three victims reported the incidents to the police, with two receiving support at the Chatsworth Thuthuzela Care Centre and the third at the Umlazi TCC.
Prosecutors presented nine witnesses, including the complainants, medical practitioners and the investigating officer during the trial. The State also submitted Victim Impact Statements detailing the lasting trauma suffered by the victims. The man received three life terms for rape and additional sentences totaling 60 years for kidnapping, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm and sexual assault.
Because the sentences run concurrently, he will serve an effective life sentence. The court also declared him unfit to possess a firearm and ordered his details to be entered into the National Register for Sex Offenders.
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