Serial rape suspect linked to third attack

A man suspected to be behind a number of rapes in Francistown is back behind bars after allegedly pouncing on an older woman as she tried to cross Tati River.

33-year-old Nonofang Radidery appeared before Francistown Magistrates Court last Thursday accused of committing his third rape.

Reportedly armed with a knife, he is said to have attacked a 48-year-old woman, striking in the bushy area near the river as the unsuspecting lady made her way into town from Molapo Estates.

After her ordeal, she fled to Kutlwano Police Station to report the matter. Radidery was later arrested at his ho...