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Prince Albert man sentenced after DNA links him to rape and murder committed 12 years ago

November 12, 2025

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Cape Times

FOR 12 years, the man who raped and murdered a Prince Albert woman in her fifties lived undetected among her family and neighbours.

- STAFF REPORTER

The Oudtshoorn Regional Court on Tuesday sentenced Romano Keyser to 10 years' direct imprisonment for rape and 10 years' direct imprisonment for the culpable homicide of 55-year-old Anna Abrahams.

Abrahams' body was found behind a premises that sold alcohol, on the evening of February 11, 2012. At the time, postmortem results found that she had been raped and the cause of death was alcohol intoxication. While police made no arrests at the time, DNA evidence was taken from her body.

Twelve years later, police arrested Keyser for an unrelated theft case and took his DNA. The DNA evidence linked him to her rape and murder.

Police arrested him on June 19, 2024.

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