 (Picture: Google Maps) WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAIL. A man who murdered his girlfriend subjected her to torturous assaults and rape before trying to hide her body under his bed. Tolly Sibusiso Mnisi, 37, attacked Nokuthula Sidu, 34, on July 3, 2021, after she visited him at his home in the South African town of Ermelo, Mpumalanga. During the assault, Mnisi used his fists and a mop handle – so violently that it broke. He raped her and then left her lying under his bed, only realising she had stopped breathing the next morning, Ermelo Magistrate's Court heard. Mnisi tried to hide what had happened by taking the couple's two-year-old child to Nokuthula's family and telling them he did not know where she was. But Nokuthula's brother discovered his sister was dead two days later and called the police. The court was told that a postmortem report showed vaginal injuries and blunt trauma injuries to the head. The police station in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, South Africa (Picture: Google Maps) Mnisi admitted assaulting his victim with a mop but denied murder and rape. Nevertheless, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for premeditated murder and was handed an additional 20-year term for rape last month. Prosecutor Chan Rothman reportedly used the case to highlight the prevalence of gender-based violence in South Africa. The country has been called the 'rape capital of the world' several times, including in recent research published in the South African Family Practice (SAFP) in March. Figures cited in the scientific journal show that 10, 818 rape cases were reported in the first quarter of 2022 – but under-reporting means these numbers are likely much higher in reality. Data from the South African Police Service shows that in the year 2017-2018, a woman was murdered every three hours with many of them sexually assaulted or raped beforehand. One specific case sent shockwaves around the count){kind=link}
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A man who murdered his girlfriend subjected her to torturous assaults and rape before trying to hide her body under his bed.
Tolly Sibusiso Mnisi, 37, attacked Nokuthula Sidu, 34, on July 3, 2021, after she visited him at his home in the South African town of Ermelo, Mpumalanga.
During the assault, Mnisi used his fists and a mop handle – so violently that it broke.