Samuel Sidyno | |
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Born | Samuel Sidyno 1962 (age 61–62) South Africa |
Other names | Capital Park Serial Killer |
Criminal penalty | 7 Life Sentences, effectively 40 years |
Details | |
Victims | 7 |
Span of crimes | 1998–1999 |
Country | South Africa |
Date apprehended | 6 January 1999 |
Samuel Sidyno (born 1962) is a South African serial killer who was convicted in 2000 of 7 murders and sentenced to 7 Life Sentences in prison.[1] His victims all came from the Pretoria area of Gauteng.
Sidyno undertook a murderous rampage starting November 1998 and culminating with his arrest on 6 January 1999. He killed and disposed of his victims in the Capital Park hills of Pretoria, a deserted area of hills near the city centre and Pretoria Zoo.