Court to address accused rapist’s alleged bail condition violation
The 29-year-old man accused of raping an eight-year-old girl allegedly swore at the child's mother in Clermont, where he should not have been, according to his bail condition.
THE allegation that a 29-year-old man accused of raping an eight-year-old girl in Clermont violated his bail condition will be addressed by the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court today, Monday, July 14.
The man was re-arrested in the passageway of the court precinct whilst waiting for his appearance on Friday, an act received with visible satisfaction from people who had congregated in support of the child and her mother, who was allegedly sworn at by the accused.
The presiding officer said the rape suspect had been re-arrested and placed in the holding cells because the investigating officer had been informed that he had allegedly violated the bail condition by being in Clermont instead of KwaDabeka, and by allegedly confronting the child’s mother. The man was kept in custody.
A person close to the family of the child, who asked not to be named, said the child is healing but is triggered by the sight of the suspect and his sibling.
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The matter has brought together community members, some of whom belong to different political organisations, to rally behind the child and her mother.
After the proceedings on Friday the co-ordinator of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Women’s League in the Archie Gumede zone, Lethiwe Ngcobo, thanked supporters outside the court for their presence.
In previous weeks, demonstrators in ANC regalia protested outside the court over concerns that the case may not be successfully prosecuted due to being bungled.
One of the league’s leaders, Nonhlanhla Khoza, had previously said: “We are here to complain as mothers that a person who raped an eight-year-old child, how did they get bail? And once they have been granted bail, there are no follow-ups, nothing is being done about the allegations that the child’s mother is being sworn at by the suspect.”
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