SERIAL RAPIST GETS 1 088 YEARS! Thokozile Mnguni Comments Serial rapist Sello Mathunya was sentenced to 1088 years for 101 cases of rape and robbery. Photo: Raymond Morare. SERIAL rapist Sello Mapunya has been sentenced to 1 088 years in prison. The 33-year-old didn’t show any remorse while his sentence was handed down when he appeared in the Pretoria High Court on Thursday, 27 May. Mapunya was found guilty of 35 counts of rape and 36 counts of housebreaking and robbery with aggravating circumstances that he committed between 2014 and 2019. He was sentenced to four life terms combined with 988 years, resulting in 1 088 years’ imprisonment for his crimes. He was facing 101 charges.