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SHE CAUGHT HIM. THEN THEY LET HIM GO. | The Hillbrow Birthday R@pist
She caught him. The system released him. Then she caught him again.
Veteran SAPS detective Joyce Buthelezi joins Paul Llewellyn and Dr Gérard Labuschagne to recount the investigation into Mlungisi Mtshali, the notorious Hillbrow Birthday Rapist.
Joyce recognised a pattern in three rape dockets, helping uncover an offender who lured young women with an elaborate birthday story before attacking them in Johannesburg hotels.
Working alongside Gérard, Joyce helped lead an investigation that culminated in Mtshali's arrest in KwaZulu-Natal.
But while awaiting trial, Mtshali was mistakenly released…
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