Jack Mogale

Madumetsa Jack Mogale (born September 1968), dubbed the West-End Serial Killer by police, is a South African serial killer who killed 16 people in 2008 and 2009. On 17 February 2011, Mogale was convicted on 52 of 61 charges related to 16 murders, 19 rapes, and nine kidnappings.

Murders Mogale committed his crimes near his residence in Westonaria and Lenasia, south of Johannesburg. Two women who survived being attacked by him testified at trial that he had claimed to be a Zion Christian Church (ZCC) preacher and a prophet.

Mogale said that he "lose control" around women and he "kill them if they don’t give [him] what [he] want."

Investigation and trial Mogale plead not guilty to all the charges against him. Johannesburg High Court Judge Frans Kgomo sentenced Mogale to 16 life sentences for each of the counts of murder, four life sentences for raping some women more than once, and 20 years each for 15 counts of rape. During his trial Mogale repeatedly claimed that the police, witnesses, and his wife were conspiring against him, which Kgomo called "far-fetched" and "fallacious".