The notorious Boland Serial Killer received a huge 260-year sentence after being found guilty of kidnapping, raping, and murdering three women, Cape {town} Etc reports.
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Johan Williams (52), was sentenced to more than two-and-a-half centuries in jail after luring women to a property near Wellington and murdering them.
Victims’ families struggled to suppress their emotions during the Western Cape High Court trial.
The father of nine received eight life sentences for each rape and murder, six years for each kidnapping and four years for house breaking and arson.
Williams was arrested in July 2018 for the murder of Chantell Mathyssen, the missing mother from Kuils River.
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The 21-year-old mother’s death was discovered on Aubon Rue Farm, just weeks after she was brought to Wellington by Williams, who promised her a job.
During the trial, his previous girlfriend testified against him and revealed text exchanges between him and another victim, Maria Isaacs, (33).
On June 16, 2018, Maria was taken to Wellington Police Station by her cousin Magdalena to meet Williams.
Maria fled with Williams, and her family never heard from her again; she was eventually reported missing.
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Maria’s body was discovered on Aubon Rue Farm in July 2018, along with her personal items, which were in the custody of Williams. She was strangled to death.
During the same time that Maria vanished, Chantell went away after seeing Williams, who had promised her a position in Wellington.
The 21-year-old mother’s body was discovered on Aubon Rue Farm on the same day as Maria’s, and Williams later took cops to the location where he had buried Natalie Jonkers, (35), several years before.
Williams was found guilty earlier this year, but he sacked his lawyer as sentence processes were about to begin.
According to IOL, Judge Rosheni Allie did not mince words on Thursday when she chastised Williams for tormenting the mourning families throughout the trial.
Before handing down the harsh punishment, Allie underlined Carol Petersen’s trauma throughout the hunt for her daughter Chantell, claiming Williams sent messages from his victim’s phone to offer the family false hope.
She said that the accused was nothing short of a ‘serial rapist, murderer and abuser of women’, adding that Williams ‘treated women as objects that he could dominate and he wasn’t shy to boast about his sexual prowess with the women he eventually murdered.’
Collectively, he received a 260 year sentence but it is understood that the sentences will run concurrently and he will serve a total of 25 years in prison.
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