From Pretorial in South Africa, report reaching the news desk of CEOAFRICA.com indicated that the country’s worst serial rapist, Sifiso Makubo, has been found dead in his prison cell.

The deceased, who faced 122 charges, including murder, was found dead hours before his trial were due to start.

Sources also disclosed that the deceased, who was accused of raping 35 children and two women between January 2006 and February 2011, was also said to have knowingly infected his victims with HIV.

According to prison authorities, Mr. Makhubo was alone in the cell and is believed to have hanged himself with a blanket but they are investigating the circumstances of his death.

So far 33 DNA samples from evidence collected from the victims had been a match with the alleged rapist.