Crime

Prosecutor and co-accused back in Evander court on rape charges

The two men will be back in the court dock on January 25 next year.

A 51-year-old prosecutor and his 52-year-old co-accused appeared in the Evander Magistrate’s Court today (October 22).

The two men face Schedule 6 charges of rape, sexual assault and crimen injuria involving an adult woman.

They were arrested on August 20 and first appeared in court on August 21.

Both accused were granted bail of R3 000 each on August 27.

The matter has been remanded to January 25, 2027, pending further investigations.

At Caxton, every story is written by humans. We use AI only to perform quality checks - never to generate the news. Happy reading!

Support local journalism

Add The Citizen as a preferred source to see more from Ridge Times in Google News and Top Stories.

Mphikeleli Masangu

I've been a journalist for 17 years, first as radio journalist and then print. I have a matric senior certificate and a community journalism certificate from the Unisa. I am a strong investigative, political, municipal and hard news journalist.

Related Articles

Back to top button