News24 | Uyinene Mrwetyana's killer accused of trying to rape nursing student in 2014

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Former post office worker Luyanda Botha is serving life in prison for the rape and murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana. (Bertram Malgas/News24)

Former post office worker Luyanda Botha is serving life in prison for the rape and murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana. (Bertram Malgas/News24)

The man who was found guilty of raping and murdering University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana inside a post office in Claremont in 2019 is on trial for allegedly trying to rape a nursing student in 2014.

Luyanda Botha appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court more than a week ago, where he was charged with the attempted rape of a 21-year-old woman at a nursing college in Athlone in June 2014. 

Western Cape National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said the State alleged Botha visited the woman at the institution. 

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