Limpopo man in court for rape of 5 minors

Two of the victims, aged 8 and 10, are from the same family and the other three victims, aged 4, 7 and 9 are from different families in the community.

The police had to rescue a 43-year-old man accused of raping five children from the hands of angry residents on Sunday, 23  February, Polokwane Review reports.

It is alleged the man had raped five minors, aged, 4 7, 8, 9 and 10, at his house in Tswinga Gotha village near Thohoyandou.

The community learnt about these acts and traced and caught the accused. He was assaulted before the police managed to rescue him, says Police Spokesperson, Brig Motlafela Mojapelo.

Two of the victims, aged 8 and 10, are from the same family and the other three victims, aged 4, 7 and 9 are from different families in the community.

The accused will appear in the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 24 February, on five counts of rape.

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