Suspect arrested for raping a woman living with a disability
A police report indicates that on Sunday, the woman was asleep at her house in Cottondale Trust when she was woken up by a man who had forcefully entered her bedroom.
ACORNHOEK – A 52-year-old woman was raped by a 32-year-old man in the early hours of Sunday.
A police report indicates that on that day, the woman was asleep at her house in Cottondale Trust when she was woken up by a man who had forcefully entered her bedroom.
The man then threatened to harm her, ordered her to undress herself, raped her, thereafter fell asleep next to the victim.
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The victim then managed to escape, screamed for help and was rescued by her brother whom she relayed the ordeal to.
Her brother then immediately rushed to her bedroom, where he found the suspect indeed sleeping and woke him up, but upon realising that he was cornered, he managed to flee from the scene.
Police were notified about the incident and they responded to the scene where a case of rape was opened for investigation.
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The police managed to make a breakthrough at which the suspect was arrested on Wednesday and appeared in the Acornhoek Magistrate’s Court yesterday facing a charge of rape.
