A case of statutory rape is being investigated against the 18-year-old son of a senior police official stationed at Kempton Park Police Station.
The teen was arrested today [Tuesday] following the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl on Monday.
According to a statement issued by the office of the executive mayor on Tuesday afternoon, the arrest was made by an Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department specialised task team.
The minor was reported missing by her mother at Kempton Park Police Station on the evening of November 4, after she had failed to meet her at Festival Mall after school.
The girl’s mother opened a case of a missing minor at Kempton Park Police Station.
The specialised task team subsequently undertook an operation to search for the missing minor in the Kempton Park area. They found the girl near the Kempton Park railway line on Tuesday.
With the information gathered from the minor, the officers were able to successfully locate the alleged rapist and arrest him. The rape is alleged to have occurred around the railway line where the minor was found and again at the police barracks in Kempton Park.
The accused rapist is the son of a senior South African Police Service official who is currently posted at Kempton Park Police Station, the statement read.
A case of statutory rape and abduction has been opened at Germiston Police Station to prevent any possible interference in the case by the suspect’s mother.
The minor has been taken to Bertha Gxowa Hospital in Germiston where she will receive counselling and a sexual assault forensic exam.
