A 34 year old man was arrested after he was accused of raping his 11 year old step sister and her 8 year old friend over a period of two weeks at a residence in Phase 6, Waterloo.
At approximately 13:05 on Saturday 29 February 2020, members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) were dispatched to the property after a mob threatened to kill the man. On arrival Reaction Officers found some individuals within the mob armed with cane knives, golf clubs and empty bottles baying for the blood of the accused.
It was established that the suspect who resides in a block of flats behind Waterloo Spar arrived at his step father’s house today to visit his 11 year old step sister. Her parents were attending a wedding and left her in the care of a neighbor.
The child informed the neighbor that she did not want to be left alone with her step brother because she believed that he intended on raping her again. When questioned further by the neighbor it was discovered that the suspect had on several occasions fondled and raped his step sister and her 8 year old friend who lives a few doors away.
The neighbor approached the friend’s mother who stated that the child has been complaining of severe pains to her genital area for nearly two weeks. She assumed assumed that the child may have injured herself while playing.
When they questioned the 8 year old she claimed that the suspect had arrived at her friend’s home two weeks ago while they were playing in the yard. He allegedly led the two minors to the back of the property where he undressed them. He then began kissing them before he asked them to face the wall and raped them behind a tree. She also claimed that he had penetrated them on three different occasions since the initial rape.
Word of the rape spread rapidly through the neighborhood resulting in a mob gathering outside the home. The suspect, who is a father of three locked himself inside the house to avoid being attacked.
Reaction Officers entered the residence and placed the suspect under arrest. He was handed over to Police for further investigation.
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