Jimmy Maketta
Jimmy Maketta | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jimmy Maketta 1964/5 |
| Conviction(s) | Murder (x16) Rape (x19) |
| Details | |
Span of crimes | April – December 2005 |
| Country | South Africa |
| State(s) | Cape Town |
Jimmy Maketta (born 1964/65) is a South African rapist and serial killer who in 2007 pleaded guilty and was convicted on 16 counts of murder and 19 counts of rape.[1] A state psychiatrist described him as a psychopath.[1]
Maketta described how, from April to December 2005, he would attack farm labourers from a hill on Friday evenings near the township of Philippi, Cape Town.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Serial killer guilty on 47 counts". News24.com. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Maketta: 'rapist watching from a distance'". News24.com. 2 May 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
Categories:
- 1960s births
- 2005 murders in South Africa
- 21st-century South African criminals
- Living people
- South African people convicted of rape
- South African people convicted of murder
- South African prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
- South African serial killers
- People convicted of murder by South Africa
- People with antisocial personality disorder
- Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by South Africa