A soccer coach appeared in the Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court on Monday this week on charges of rape and sexual assault involving two teenage boys.
He was not granted bail.
The 40-year-old man, who works for an NGO in Port Shepstone, is accused of raping and sexually assaulting two boys in the Murchison area.
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He was arrested in December.
The first victim was a 13-year-old boy who, according to police reports, the coach had invited to practice with his team in Murchison on December 6.
After training he reportedly called the teen to the gym area and raped him. It is claimed that the boy was raped on two occasions.
Police spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Zandra Wiid said the boy’s parents noticed he was behaving strangely.
“The boy then told his parents how the soccer coach had repeatedly raped him and threatened him not to tell anyone. The man was arrested by Detective Sergeant Sboniso Gcaba from the Port Shepstone Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS),” she said.
After his arrest, it came to light that another 13-year-old boy had been sexually assaulted by the same coach, who had apparently touched the child’s private parts.
The case will now be moved to the Regional Court and will be heard on February 23.
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