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UNDER ARREST: Police escort a group of men that had been on the run from the law to holding cells last week.

FUGITIVE: Douglas Mokgakane

DOUGLAS Mokgakane - the fugitive labelled the "most wanted criminal" by the police in Mpumalanga after his daring escape with three others from the Skukuza police station in the Kruger National Park on November 6 last year - has finally been rearrested.

Mokgakane, 26, is facing more than 50 charges in Mpumalanga, including murder, rape, theft, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.

He was arrested after allegedly committing another crime in Pretoria on Friday.

Mpumalanga police spokesman Colonel Leonard Hlathi said the provincial police would send a team to identify as well as bring him down to the province.

Mokgakane was initially arrested with Sandile Matsane, Nghilichi Ndlovu, David Paku and Reuben Mathebula after they were cornered by the police at Graskop on August 5 last year.

Police found five illegal guns and also discovered suspected stolen bank cards, cellphone vouchers, cellphones, a suspected stolen engine and more than five suspected stolen vehicles in the Bushbuckridge area.

Mokgakane, Paku and Ndlovu managed to escape from the Skukuza police cells on November 6 last year but Paku and Ndlovu were rearrested about a month later.

During his temporary freedom Mokgakane allegedly went on a crime spree that included the rape of a businesswoman and her daughter.

Mokgakane's mother, Flonny Chiloane, was later arrested and charged with defeating the ends of justice for allegedly interacting with her son but failing to report him to the police.

Meanwhile, Matsane, one of Mokgakane's co-accused in many of the cases, was re-arrested at Kumani village near his home township of Thulamahashe on Friday.

He was one of the 11 prisoners awaiting trial who had escaped from thee Hazyview police cells after overpowering two policemen last week.

Hlathi said Matsane's re-arrest brought to four the number of escapees that were rearrested after last week's daring escape in Hazyview.

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Jul 16, 2012

Idohl

Useless mother. He should have raped her instead, then she could have turned him in.
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Jul 16, 2012

ThirdEye

The arm of the law is very long indeed.
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Jul 16, 2012

Papoose

damn Mokgakane is such a criminal..Yerrrr!! 50 charges at 26
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Jul 16, 2012

Finished

No matter how hard you can work for the devil you'll end up fall in his Mission, remember the devil is here to Kll, to destroy and to steal so you're serving him properly by raping, stealing cellphones and other items and by klling God peolple, But how is your life today, u're followed by the everywhere you until they arrested you ooh by the way did you receive any compliments from your evil master NOO instead you are going to rot in jail. The devil has no friend papa. the truth remains and shall us free.
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Jul 16, 2012

Flemza

Sorry guys you asked for for , the jail is waiting for you , if I were you I will just go straight to jail rather than asking to be tried first I will tell the judge that I have failed my family , my parents , please just sent me for tripple life without parole otherwise I desrve to die
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Jul 16, 2012

sabza007

Now, thats the news that I wanna hear. Well done to the investigators and TRT police for arresting these scumbags. This Mokgakane, at 26, he has a profile of a seasoned thug/gangster. This time they must make that there are no loose ends.
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Jul 16, 2012

MommaC

Could the cops and prison guards please hold off on the boinking long enough to get this guy behind bars and KEEP him there?
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Jul 16, 2012

masende

let them rot in jail mashangane ndini
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Jul 16, 2012

WillyM

Cops did their job and its now upto Court to deny them bail and make sure they rot in jail
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Jul 16, 2012

snazz

26 years old with such a long criminal history
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