Johannesburg – A man who was set to go on trial for raping 34 minors and two women hanged himself in his cell at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

Sifiso Makhubo, 42, was found dead in his cell by police, eNCA reporter Karyn Maughan tweeted.

Maughan said that many of the child rape victims turned up for the trial at the court on Thursday.

He was expected to plead to 122 charges against him, the National Prosecuting Authority said.

The charges ranged from rape, kidnapping, murder, and robbery to attempted murder through HIV-infection.

The crimes took place in Kathorus, east of Johannesburg, between 2006 and 2011, when Makhubo was arrested.

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