2025/01/18 |
Media Statement POLOWANE – A 42-year-old male will appear before the Seshego Magistrate’s court on the 20 January 2025 facing a charge of rape allegedly committed on Wednesday 15 January 2025. Preliminary investigations indicated that a 20-year-old victim left with a friend of the landlord to consume alcohol at Ladanna Industrial area outside Polokwane. A 42-year-old male suspect reportedly raped the victim inside the motor vehicle. Following the incident, the 20-year-old victim was released and a case of rape was reported at the local police station. Seshego Police together with Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) executed an intelligence driven joint operation to hunt down the suspect. On Friday 17 January 2025 at about 08:00, police swiftly acted upon information received about the location of the suspect who was busy with carpentry duties at an identified house in Zone 5H. Police rushed to the premises where the 42-year-old male suspect was arrested. Police investigations are continuing. Ends
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