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Media Statement POTCHEFSTROOM – A 27-year-old Mothobi Moagi appeared before the Rustenburg Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 3 September 2024, for the alleged rape and murder of his girlfriend’s eight-year-old child. The 27-year-old mother apparently left her two daughters, aged four and eight, with her boyfriend on Saturday night, 31 August 2024, at her residential place in Ikageng village, Boitekong, outside Rustenburg, She allegedly came back in the early hours of Sunday morning, 1 September 2024. According to information, she knocked on the door, but there was no response. She then checked and found that one of the windows, was broken. Reports suggest that, she used the window to gain the entry into the house where she found the lifeless body of her eight-year-old daughter on the sofa. It is suspected that the little girl might have been strangled after being raped. The mother called the neighbours and the police were alerted about the incident. The boyfriend, who was not in the house when the woman came back in the morning, was taken in for questioning on Sunday morning and ultimately charged with rape and murder. He made first court appearance on Tuesday, 3 September 2024 and the matter was postponed until Tuesday, 10 September 2024, for formal bail application.
The Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, condemned the incident, which he said was avoidable and that the child was allegedly killed by someone who was supposed to protect her. He instructed Boitekong Detectives to ascertain that justice is served.
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