iStock A suspect considered extremely dangerous managed to escape custody at the East London Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Mcebisi Sondlo is accused of raping a 15-year-old in 2013. He also faces charges of murder and robbery in another matter where a police officer was shot and killed during a shootout. Police in the Eastern Cape are mum about how a suspect, accused of raping a minor, managed to escape custody at the East London Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. A source with knowledge of the escape, told News24 that the suspect, Mcebisi Sondlo, came out of the holding cells on 17 December, held the court staff at gunpoint and subsequently fled the building.