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A Mozambican national, Sara Pete Simiao (25) has pleaded guilty to four charges of kidnapping, rape, murder and contravention of the Immigration Act, relating to the d3ath of a six-year-old girl, Amantle Samane in Orlando East, Soweto, South Africa in October 2024.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in a statement on Friday, August 15, 2025 said the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Local Division in Johannesburg, subsequently convicted him on all counts.
State Advocates, Zamikhaya Staffa and Matshediso Phatlanyane, presented the charges in court.
In his plea, through his counsel, Simiao admitted to all charges. He provided a detailed recounting of the heinous acts he committed, confessing that he was under the influence of alcohol and had strangled the victim to conceal the rape.