A STALKER has pleaded guilty to killing a young woman with an axe on her 21st birthday, as well as a string of other violent crimes.
Calvin Cloete, 35, from Lutzville-West, brutally murdered Carmen Gouws, and also pleaded guilty to four charges of attempted murder, kidnapping, rape and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
The case has garnered significant attention not only for its harrowing nature, but also for the swift efforts of Detective Constable Rugene Links that led to Cloete’s conviction.
Carmen, who was Cloete’s ex-girlfriend, was hacked to death with an axe on her birthday on 7 October 2023.
Kids from the community found her bloody body on an open veldjie.
Just three weeks before her death, Cloete was released from jail where he…
