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Johannes
KANA
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Gang-rape - The victim was disembowelled with a blunt object, possibly by
hand, leaving over a metre of her small intestines protruding from
her vagina
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder:
February 2, 2013
Date of arrest:
6 days after
Date of birth: 1992
Victim profile:
Anene Booysen, 17
Method of murder: Mutilating injuries to vagina and anus
Location: Bredasdorp,
Western Cape, South Africa
Status:
Sentenced to two life sentences on October 30, 2013
Anene Booysen (October 30, 1995 - February 2,
2013) was a 17-year-old girl who was found by a security guard the
morning after she had been gang-raped and disemboweled by having
her abdomen slit open at a construction site in Bredasdorp, in the
Western Cape, South Africa on February 2, 2013; she was still
alive, but died later in the day.
Rape and murder
Anene Booysen was found by a security guard
lying a short distance from her house after partying at a bar on
the evening of February 1, 2013. She died from her injuries in
hospital six hours later. She managed to identify one of her
attackers before her death.
Reaction
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has
condemned the attack as "shocking, cruel and most inhumane". The
Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), South Africa's
biggest labour union, called for mass action over rape in South
Africa. Opposition parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko called
for parliamentary hearings. The United Nations issued a statement
strongly condemning the rape and murder. On 13 February, a
protest, led by Annie Lennox, was staged at St. George's
Cathedral, Cape Town.
Booysen and Reeva Steenkamp, both young South
Africa women killed in 2013, were named SA Persons of the year
2013 by Daily Maverick.
Funeral
A funeral was held at the Dutch Reformed Church
in Bredasdorp, about 128 km east of Cape Town on February 9, 2013.
Prosecution
Johannes Kana was convicted for the crime, and
sentenced to two consecutive life sentences.
Wikipedia.org
Kana given double life sentence for Booysen's rape, murder
Johannes Kana, the man convicted of raping and murdering
Bredasdorp teenager Anene Booysen, has been sentenced to two life
sentences
Mg.co.za
November 1, 2013
Johannes Kana was on Friday sentenced to two
life sentences for the rape and murder of Anene Booysen.
The sentencing of Kana was on Wednesday
postponed in the Swellendam Circuit Court to Friday.
On Tuesday, Judge Patricia Goliath found Kana
guilty of raping and murdering Booysen.
Booysen was raped and disembowelled, and died
in Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, on the afternoon of February 2.
Kana was seen with Booysen outside a Bredasdorp
pub in the early hours of that day.
Pieter du Toit, for Kana, said his client was
under the influence of alcohol and the crime was not planned.
He also reportedly said Kana had admitted guilt
and apologised, and was also helpful with the investigation.
Du Toit asked that sentencing should run
concurrently. The state has asked for a life sentence for both
counts.
'Maximum sentence of life imprisonment'
Before Wednesday's court proceedings, the
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila
said, "We will ask for a maximum sentence of life imprisonment."
The NPA welcomed Kana's conviction on both
charges in the court.
"We are happy that the court came to the
conclusion, as we have argued over the past eight months that the
only person who was responsible for the rape and murder of Anene
Booysen was Johannes Kana."
Wednesday would have been Booysen's 18th
birthday, according to Ntabazalila.
"We are now going to be asking the court to
impose a life imprisonment to ensure that we deliver justice for
Anene, her family, her friends and the community of Bredasdorp."
The NPA commended the work of the investigating
and prosecuting teams that worked to finalise the case within
eight months.
Five or six men were involved
It was previously reported that Booysen said
from her hospital bed that five or six men were involved in the
attack.
Initially, Kana, Jonathan Davids and another
man were arrested.
Charges were later withdrawn against Davids and
the other man because of insufficient evidence.
Before she died, Booysen named one of her
assailants as "Zwai", which was both the nickname of Davids and
another man said to live in Zwelitsha.
Ntabazalila said: "We have argued in court that
not too much weight must be put on the name of Zwai ... that was
mentioned by Anene Booysen while she was in hospital".
"We have argued that Anene Booysen was in
terrible pain, under the influence of alcohol, under medication."
Scratch marks and blood
He said Davids had scratch marks and blood on
one of his shoes, but had an explanation for this.
"His clothes and those of Kana were taken for
forensic testing. The results did not implicate him."
Davids also had an alibi for the morning of the
rape and murder.
"The state withdrew the charges against him as
there was no evidence linking him to the rape and the murder."
– Additional reporting by Sapa
Anene Booysen: Kana's sentencing postponed
Mg.co.za
October 30, 2013
The sentencing of Johannes Kana for the rape
and murder of Bredasdorp teenager Anene Booysen was postponed in
the Swellendam Circuit Court on Wednesday.
SABC news reported that proceedings began on
Wednesday for argument in mitigation of sentence, but court was
postponed to Friday.
On Tuesday, Judge Patricia Goliath found Kana
guilty of raping and murdering Booysen.
Booysen was raped and disembowelled, and died
in Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, on the afternoon of February 2.
Kana was seen with Booysen outside a Bredasdorp
pub in the early hours of that day.
Pieter du Toit, for Kana, said his client was
under the influence of alcohol and the crime was not planned.
He also reportedly said Kana had admitted guilt
and apologised, and was also helpful with the investigation.
Du Toit asked that sentencing should run
concurrently. The state has asked for a life sentence for both
counts.
'Maximum sentence of life imprisonment'
efore Wednesday's court proceedings, the
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila
said, "We will ask for a maximum sentence of life imprisonment."
The NPA welcomed Kana's conviction on both
charges in the court.
"We are happy that the court came to the
conclusion, as we have argued over the past eight months that the
only person who was responsible for the rape and murder of Anene
Booysen was Johannes Kana."
Wednesday would have been Booysen's 18th
birthday, according to Ntabazalila.
"We are now going to be asking the court to
impose a life imprisonment to ensure that we deliver justice for
Anene, her family, her friends and the community of Bredasdorp."
The NPA commended the work of the investigating
and prosecuting teams that worked to finalise the case within
eight months.
Five or six men were involved
It was previously reported that Booysen said
from her hospital bed that five or six men were involved in the
attack.
Initially, Kana, Jonathan Davids and another
man were arrested.
Charges were later withdrawn against Davids and
the other man because of insufficient evidence.
Before she died, Booysen named one of her
assailants as "Zwai", which was both the nickname of Davids and
another man said to live in Zwelitsha.
Ntabazalila said: "We have argued in court that
not too much weight must be put on the name of Zwai ... that was
mentioned by Anene Booysen while she was in hospital".
"We have argued that Anene Booysen was in
terrible pain, under the influence of alcohol, under medication."
Scratch marks and blood
He said Davids had scratch marks and blood on
one of his shoes, but had an explanation for this.
"His clothes and those of Kana were taken for
forensic testing. The results did not implicate him."
Davids also had an alibi for the morning of the
rape and murder.
"The state withdrew the charges against him as
there was no evidence linking him to the rape and the murder." –
Sapa
State to request life sentence for Kana on
Booysen's birthday
Mg.co.za
October 30, 2013
The state will seek a life sentence for
Johannes Kana, who was convicted on Tuesday of the rape and murder
of Bredasdorp teenager Anene Booysen, the National Prosecuting
Authority (NPA) said.
"We will ask for a maximum sentence of life
imprisonment," spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said.
The NPA welcomed Kana's conviction on both
charges in the Swellendam Circuit Court.
"We are happy that the court came to the
conclusion, as we have argued over the past eight months that the
only person who was responsible for the rape and murder of Anene
Booysen was Johannes Kana."
Sentencing is expected on Wednesday, which
would have been Booysen's 18th birthday, according to Ntabazalila.
"We are now going to be asking the court to
impose a life imprisonment to ensure that we deliver justice for
Anene, her family, her friends and the community of Bredasdorp."
The NPA commended the work of the investigating
and prosecuting teams that worked to finalise the case within
eight months.
Raped and disembowelled
Booysen was raped, beaten and disembowelled,
and died in Tygerberg hospital, Cape Town, on the afternoon of
February 2.
Kana was seen with Booysen outside a Bredasdorp
pub in the early hours of that day.
Ntabazalila said there was no evidence that
anyone else was involved in the attack on Booysen.
It was previously reported that Booysen said
from her hospital bed that five or six men were involved in the
attack.
Initially, Kana, Jonathan Davids and another
man were arrested.
Charges were later withdrawn against Davids and
the other man because of insufficient evidence.
Before she died, Booysen named one of her
assailants as "Zwai", which was both the nickname of Davids and
another man said to live in Zwelitsha.
'No evidence'
Ntabazalila said: "We have argued in court that
not too much weight must be put on the name of Zwai ... that was
mentioned by Anene Booysen while she was in hospital".
"We have argued that Anene Booysen was in
terrible pain, under the influence of alcohol, under medication."
He said Davids had scratch marks and blood on
one of his shoes, but had an explanation for this.
"His clothes and those of Kana were taken for
forensic testing. The results did not implicate him."
Davids also had an alibi for the morning of the
rape and murder.
"The state withdrew the charges against him as
there was no evidence linking him to the rape and the murder." –
Sapa
South Africa Rape Victim
Anene Booysen Was Disembowelled By Hand
By Hannah Osborne - Ibtimes.co.uk
October 17, 2013
A South African teenager who was
raped and murdered earlier this year was disembowelled with a
blunt object, possibly by hand, leaving over a metre of her small
intestines protruding from her vagina, a court has heard.
Anene Booysen's death in February caused
widespread anger over violence against women in South Africa, with
president Jacob Zuma calling the attack "shocking, cruel and most
inhumane".
She was found at a construction site near her
home in Bredasdorp in the Western Cape by a security guard. She
had been raped and mutilated and died six hours later in hospital.
Initially two men were arrested for the attack
but one, her ex-boyfriend Jonathan Davies, later had all charges
against him dropped.
The other accused Johannes Kana admitted, in
his trial at Swellendam Circuit Court, to leaving the pub with
Booysen on the night of the attack. He hit her and raped her but
denies murder. "I pulled down her pants ... kicked her ... and
raped her," he said in a statement.
The doctors treating Booysen described her
horrific injuries to the jury at the trial.
According to Eyewitness News, Dr Elizabeth De
Kock, who was first to attend to Booysen when she was brought into
hospital, said her injuries were the worst she had ever seen and
that she could not have been saved due to the massive injuries
sustained to her intestines.
She said she was covered from head to toe in
sand and blood and had bruises all over her body. She said a sharp
object had been used to mutilate her genitalia and that her
intestines may have been pulled from her vagina by hand.
Kana reprimanded
De Kock added that she could not tell if the
injuries had been cause by more than one person - it was initially
believed Booysen had been gang raped before her death.
Pathologist Karisha Quarrie, who examined
Booysen's body after her death, said the cause of death was her
mutilated genital area: "All injuries were consistent with a blunt
object such as a brick, baseball bat or stick," South Africa's
Times Live newspaper reported.
She said there were signs of accelerated
decomposition to her intestines and excessive damage to her anus
wall, indicating a great deal of force was used: "The intestines
appeared to have already died while she was alive.
"The large intestines, which are attached to
the stomach wall, were still inside the body but 1.2m of the small
intestines were outside the body through the vagina."
While presenting their evidence, Kana was
reprimanded by the judge for showing little interest in the
details of Booysen's injuries.
Swellendam Circuit Court interpreter Aubrey
Jonase, who was translating the case into Afrikaans on Kana's
behalf, said: "He is not even listening. What is the point if he
is not listening?"
Speaking to the accused, Judge Goliath said: "Mr
Kana, would you please show some enthusiasm and appreciation?"
So far 15 of the 52 witnesses have testified at
the trial, which is expected to finish by the end of October. If
found guilty, Kana faces life imprisonment.
Grisly Anene Booysen discovery described
News24.com
October 8, 2013
Cape Town - Three witnesses testified on the
first day of the Anene Booysen rape and murder trial in the
Swellendam Circuit Court on Monday, according to reports.
The Cape Times reported that Riaan Scheepers, a
friend of the accused, Johannes Kana, testified that he saw Kana,
21, and Booysen, 17, leaving a pub in Bredasdorp on the night of 1
February this year.
Scheepers later testified that he saw Kana soon
after his arrest, and Kana told him he was "sorry" and that "he
did it". However, the defence stated that this confession had not
been included in the State's submissions, and it was unclear if he
was referring to the rape or murder of Booysen.
Die Burger reported that the security guard on
duty at the construction site where Booysen was found testified
that he heard a scream while patrolling the area at about 04:00 on
2 February. He called his supervisor and the police and they then
discovered Booysen lying on the ground with her intestines
visible.
A police constable testified in court that he
drove his van to the site and shone the headlights on Booysen. He
found her lying on her back, with her pants pulled down to her
knees and her intestines hanging out. Her eyes were swollen shut
and she was groaning in pain.
An ambulance was called and Booysen was
transported to hospital, where she died later that afternoon.
Kana was formally charged with Booysen's rape
and murder in court on Monday. In his plea he admitted hitting and
raping Booysen, but denied killing her.
‘I assaulted and raped Anene’
By Natasha Bezuidenhout-
Blogs.24.com
February 27, 2013
Bredasdorp – The State says one
of the men alleged to have raped and murdered Bredasdorp teen
Anene Booysen has confessed to raping and assaulting her, but not
to killing her.
Investigating officer Warrant
Officer Edmund Abels told the Bredasdorp Magistrate’s Court on
Tuesday that Johannes Kana, 21, would not be applying for bail as
he confessed to raping and assaulting Anene.
Outside court, NPA spokesman Eric Ntabazalila confirmed that Kana
confessed to his part in the crime and that witnesses had seen him
with Anene on the night of her murder.
Booysen
was found on February 2, gang-raped and disembowelled, at a
construction site not far from her home.
“He
confessed his involvement in the crime and forensic tests are
being carried out on his clothing and shoes. The State are still
awaiting the results.”
Co-accused Jonathan
Davids, 22, pleaded not guilty and his bail application began on
Tuesday in a packed courtroom.
Police cordoned
off the road leading to the court. There was also a heavy police
presence inside court.
Davids took the stand and
said he had been to the same pub as Anene on the night of her
murder, but had only greeted her.
He said he left the pub with friends and went
home. Once there he went to buy a box of wine and then drank it
with his friends, before going to bed.
“I knew Anene very well and used to live with
them for four to five months. My nickname is Zwai.”
Anene had allegedly uttered the name Zwai
before she died.
Under cross-examination he said he’d heard of
another person with the same nickname. “I heard that he is a 28’s
gangster and lives in the Zwelitsha township, but I don’t know
him.”
When prosecutor Maria Marshall asked him about
scratch marks on his arm and neck on the day he was arrested he
said he had fallen.
Davids told the court that he should get bail
because he was not guilty.
Abels said Anene had pointed out Zwai as the
perpetrator.
“Before she died she told three different
medics that it was Zwai and his friends. And according to Anene’s
mom, Zwai… is the only Zwai she had known. Davids lived with the
family and according to her foster mother was like a child in the
house. He lived with them at one stage.”
Abels said police could not rule Davids out as
a suspect, and that possible blood and semen were found on his
shoes and trousers.
Defence attorney Pieter Du Toit, Abels said he
wasn’t sure whose clothes the semen and blood were found on.
“At the moment there is a strong case against
the accused. We are waiting for the forensic results and can’t say
whose clothes it was found on,” said Abels.
The court heard that Davids had a previous
conviction from 2005 for theft, for which he received a suspended
sentence of five years.
Also, three cases of assault had been brought
against him, but had been withdrawn. Two of the cases had been
opened by men and the third by a woman.
Cross-examined about another man with the
nickname “Zwai”, Abels said police had searched for him. “We were
told he left the area a month before the incident.”
However, he admitted police had searched for
the second “Zwai” for only 30 minutes.
He also admitted that the only thing linking
Davids to the case was his nickname and possible evidence on his
clothes.
Aunt tells of horror injuries
By Daneel Knoetze - Iol.co.za
February 8, 2013
The rage of Bredasdorp residents over the
gang-rape, murder and mutilation of 17-year-old Anene Booysen is
at boiling point, and they have threatened to take the law into
their own hands if they find more suspects.
So far two men have been arrested – Jonathan
Quinton Davids, 22, and a second man, who is expected to appear in
court on Friday.
It is estimated that in South Africa every hour
150 men carry out rapes.
This staggering figure is an estimation of:
* The 144 rapes reported to the police every
day.
* The Medical Research Council’s latest
research that reveals that only one in 25 women in Gauteng report
rape.
This adds up to 3 600 rapes a day.
Davids appeared in the Bredasdorp Magistrate’s
Court on Tuesday on charges of rape and murder.
The community threats come as new details about
the extent of Anene’s injuries emerge.
Independent Newspapers visited Anene’s family
at the Simunye RDP development outside Bredasdorp on Thursday.
Wilma Brooks, Anene’s aunt, wept when the
question of Anene’s injuries arose. After half a minute’s silence,
she spoke.
“Her throat had been slit, all her fingers and
both legs were broken, a broken glass bottle had been lodged in
her, her stomach had been cut open… That which was supposed to be
inside her body lay strewn across the scene where they found her.”
Anene was left for dead at a construction site
near her home. It’s believed her attackers had followed her as she
was walking home from a sports bar on Friday night. She was taken
to hospital in Bredasdorp, transferred to Worcester and then to
Tygerberg, where she died on Saturday afternoon.
Independent Newspapers found Anene’s mother,
Corlia Olivier, at a relative’s house.
With tears in her eyes she spoke of her
relationship with her daughter, who worked as a cleaner for Asla
Construction.
“We were mother and daughter, but we were also
best friends. She was so helpful – with her around I didn’t need a
man in the house. She worked hard and helped to buy food, we
shared everything.”
After years of separation because of financial
difficulties, Olivier and Anene had been living together in their
newly built RDP house for just two months.
“She was everything to me, and such a joyous
person. I can’t recall that I ever lost my temper with her. She
was just too sweet,” said Olivier.
On the morning after the attack Olivier visited
her daughter at Otto du Plessis Hospital in Bredasdorp.
“From the moment I entered the door I could
hear her screaming: ‘Mother, mother please help me’ – without her
knowing that I had come.
“I walked up to her bedside and saw what they
had done to my girl.”
Mom and daughter shared their final words
there, before Anene was transferred to Worcester.
Today Anene’s room remains as she left it:
meticulously tidy, with Michael Jackson posters on the wall and
flowers everywhere.
“At night when it gets quiet and I am alone is
when I will miss her the most. We always used to joke that we
don’t need a TV, because we had each other. I think I may have to
get one now,” said Olivier.
Meanwhile, the community has expressed outrage
at her murder. Some threatened to attack the police van bringing
the suspects to court for their next appearance.
“As a community we have to do something to
bring this crime against girls and women to an end,” said Sara
Mageni, whose six-year-old daughter was similarly raped and
assaulted with a broken bottle four years ago.
“She’ll never bear children, but at least she’s
still with us,” she said.
