Man arrested in Pta for alleged rape and kidnapping
Police found the man had two pending rape cases from Lebowakgomo in Limpopo against him.
A 41-year-old man is due in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court this week for allegedly kidnapping and raping a woman at the weekend.
The man was arrested in Sunnyside on Saturday, according to Gauteng police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubela.
Police were on a routine patrol when they investigated a suspicious black car next to a park near Loveday and Justice Mahommed streets.
The car had two occupants, namely a man and a woman.
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“The woman in the car claimed she had been kidnapped the previous night and was raped at gunpoint by the man,” said Makhubela.
Upon further investigation, police found the man had two pending rape cases from Lebowakgomo in Limpopo against him.
“They also found implements believed to have been either used or stolen during a commission of crime.”
Provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela commended Sergeant Kubayi and Constable Baloyi, the two Sunnyside police officers who made the arrest.
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