/ 2 March 2000

MORE GUILTY VERDICTS FOR MAAKE

ACCUSED Wemmer Pan serial killer Cedric Maupa Maake was found guilty of a further 15 charges – including murder, attempted murder, rape and robbery – in the Johannesburg High Court on Wedenesday. Judge Geraldine Borchers is still to deliver judgment on nearly 100 other charges. On Tuesday Maake, considered one of the country’s worst serial killers, was found guilty on five counts of murder, five counts of rape, four of armed robbery, two of attempted murder and two of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. Borchers said Maake had “made an extremely poor impression”, and the court did not hesitate to reject his evidence. Maake has pleaded innocent to all 133 charges.