The Pretoria high court will on Thursday continue handing down judgment on Raymond Mkanzi, who is accused of raping his neighbour and later planting a dead man’s body parts outside her home after his arrest on rape charges.
Mkanzi from Skierlik, Pienaarspoort is charged with kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, sexual assault, rape and murder.
After the rape allegations, his rape victim discovered two amputated human fingers, an ear and a note written in blood.
On Wednesday Mkanzi sat in the accused box, looking ahead as the judge went through the summary of his judgment. He is accused of kidnapping the victim and her friend after the three had accompanied each other on October 15 to East Lynne for Mkanzi to collect money from his sister and pay a debt he allegedly owed the rape complainant.
After the three travelled by train, they got off at Silverton station where Mkanzi said a route through the bush was a shortcut.
After arriving at a dump site, the victim alleged, Mkanzi hit her friend on the head with a rock and sexually assaulted her. She said she was then raped by Mkanzi who forced the women to remain in the field throughout the night by threatening them with an object resembling a screwdriver. He allegedly told them it was his job to kill people.
Mkanzi also forcefully took cellphones, bank cards, store cards, money amounting to R100 and a handbag.
The woman, who managed to escape, alerted community members who allegedly demolished Mkanzi’s shack which he had bought for R2,000.
After his arrest, Mkanzi was released after 48 hours and he allegedly called a community leader, Zacharia Tshehlo, and a community member, demanding they rebuild his shack.
On November 5 2019, the victim said, she woke up and found a box on her doorstep containing two fingers, an ear and a note which stated she must meet the author within two days. The parts were from the body of Dean Phillip Brendon Sampson, who Mkanzi allegedly murdered.
Mkanzi was eventually arrested by the community and taken to a sports ground, where he was assaulted until the police took him away.