Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode
Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode is a Sooth African rapist an serial killer who wis convictit in 1995 on 8[1] coonts o murther, 5 coonts o rape, 5 coonts o attemptit murther an 2 coonts o indecent assault. Zikode is housomeivver considered responsible for at least 18 murthers an 11 attemptit murthers.[2]
Christopher Zikode | |
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| Born | Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode 1975 Sooth Africae |
| Ither names | Donnybrook Serial Killer |
Criminal penalty | 140 years (5 life sentences) |
| Killins | |
| Victims | 18 |
Span o killins | 1994–1995 |
| Kintra | Sooth Africae |
Date apprehendit | 29 September 1995 |
Creeminal career
eeditZikode terrorisit the sma, rural Sooth African toun o Donnybrook KwaZulu-Natal. Ower the course o twa years, Zikode attackit hoosehaulds as well as single weemen traversin rural terrain. His typical modus operandi wis tae force entry intae a hoosehauld an shuit aw male members o the faimily. He wad then tak the remainin wumman/weemen intae nearbi fields or plantations an rape them repeatedly, on occasion for mair nor five oors.[2] Uncooperative victims wad be shot afore he proceedit tae commit necrophilia.
Zikode wis eventually arrestit on the 29t o September 1995. He wis sentencit on the 7t o Januar 1997 tae 140 years in preeson. Zikode haed been arrestit for the first time in Julie 1995 for the attemptit murther o Beauty Zulu. While on bail he is kent tae hae committit further creemes includin ane coont o murther an 2 coonts o attemptit murther.[2]
Zikode wis convictit wi the assistance o Sooth African psychologist an creeminal profiler Micki Pistorius.