Samuel Sidyno
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Samuel Sidyno is a South Africa
n serial killer
who was convicted in 2000 of 7 murders and sentenced to 7 Life Sentences in prison. His victims all came from the Pretoria
area of Gauteng
.
Sidyno undertook a murderous rampage starting November 1998 and culminating with his arrest on the 6th of January 1999. He killed and disposed of his victims in the Capital Park hills of Pretoria
, a deserted area of hills near the city centre and Pretoria Zoo
.
His victims included two adult women; Paulinah Ledwaba and Elizabeth Senwamadi. He also killed five youths, only two of whom could be identified; Ronald Maoka and Emmanuel Mavuka. Sidyno assaulted and strangled his victims before re-clothing them and covering their bodies with brush. He was noted for removing his victims shoes and placing them neatly next to their bodies.
On the 30th of August 2000, Sidyno was convicted of the seven murders. He was sentenced by Judge Johan van der Westhuizen on the 5th of September 2000 to seven life terms with a recommended 40 years in jail before he could be paroled. The judge said an expert on serial killer
s had described Sidyno as a psychopathic
, sadistic
sexual murder
er, adding that Sidyno could therefore not be rehabilitated.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
who was convicted in 2000 of 7 murders and sentenced to 7 Life Sentences in prison. His victims all came from the Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
area of Gauteng
Gauteng
Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...
.
Sidyno undertook a murderous rampage starting November 1998 and culminating with his arrest on the 6th of January 1999. He killed and disposed of his victims in the Capital Park hills of Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
, a deserted area of hills near the city centre and Pretoria Zoo
National Zoological Gardens of South Africa
The National Zoological Gardens of South Africa is the national zoo of South Africa. It is situated in the city of Pretoria and was founded by J. W. B...
.
His victims included two adult women; Paulinah Ledwaba and Elizabeth Senwamadi. He also killed five youths, only two of whom could be identified; Ronald Maoka and Emmanuel Mavuka. Sidyno assaulted and strangled his victims before re-clothing them and covering their bodies with brush. He was noted for removing his victims shoes and placing them neatly next to their bodies.
On the 30th of August 2000, Sidyno was convicted of the seven murders. He was sentenced by Judge Johan van der Westhuizen on the 5th of September 2000 to seven life terms with a recommended 40 years in jail before he could be paroled. The judge said an expert on serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
s had described Sidyno as a psychopathic
Psychopathy
Psychopathy is a mental disorder characterized primarily by a lack of empathy and remorse, shallow emotions, egocentricity, and deceptiveness. Psychopaths are highly prone to antisocial behavior and abusive treatment of others, and are very disproportionately responsible for violent crime...
, sadistic
Sadistic personality disorder
Sadistic personality disorder is a diagnosis which appeared only in an appendix of the revised third edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders . The current version of the DSM does not include it, so it is no longer considered a valid...
sexual murder
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
er, adding that Sidyno could therefore not be rehabilitated.