Samuel Sidyno

{{short description|South African serial killer (born 1962)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Use South African English|date=November 2016}}

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|birthname=Samuel Sidyno

|alias=Capital Park Serial Killer

|birth_date={{Birth year and age|1962}}

|birth_place=South Africa

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|victims=7

|country=South Africa

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|beginyear=1998

|endyear=1999

|apprehended=6 January 1999

|penalty=7 life sentences, effectively 40 years

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Samuel Sidyno (born 1962) is a South African serial killer who was convicted in 2000 of seven murders and sentenced to seven life sentences in prison.[http://www.sundaytribune.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=159&fArticleId=qw968152741272B263. ‘‘Sunday Tribune’’ : Sadistic Serial Killer gets seven life terms.] His victims all came from the Pretoria area of Gauteng.

Sidyno undertook a murderous rampage starting in 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.