A man who was initially arrested for stealing a gas cylinder has been handed a 20-year sentence after DNA linked him to an unsolved murder and rape committed in 2012 when he was 16 years old.
The discovery was made after police who arrested Shaun Romano Keyser of Prince Albert, Western Cape, last year for theft took his DNA. He was then linked to the rape and murder of 55-year-old Anna Abrahams which led to him confessing to the crime.
For 12 years, he walked around the streets of Prince Albert and past the deceaseds house with her family not knowing that her murderer was someone known to them who was homeless, said Eric Ntabazalila, National Prosecuting Authoritys Western Cape spokesperson.