Convicted rapist and murderer, Norman Afzal Simons will be released as early as this week, having been granted parole after 28 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently serving his life sentence at Drakenstein Correctional Facility in Paarl, Simons will be released on strict parole conditions \u2013 which include 24-hour house arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He will reside with family in Parow and is not allowed to leave the magistrate area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While he is confined to his home, he will be allowed to seek employment, medical attention and visit the correctional services offices for programmes and meetings, among other conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under these conditions, he will not be allowed to enter Mitchell\u2019s Plain where most of his alleged crimes occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although charged with 22 counts, he had only been convicted of one, the murder of Elroy van Rooyen (10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The then-Grade 5 teachers at Alpine Primary School is believed to be responsible for raping, sodomising, and murdering via strangulation before burring his victims in shallow graves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He derived his name from the modus of luring victims from train stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Due to the way the bodies of the 21 other victims aged between nine and early teens were found between 1986 and 1994, they were linked to Simons, although he had not been charged with any of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n