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Crimes of the South African Police Service


Woman allegedly raped in police van
July 22 2013 at 11:17am


INLSA
Barbara Maregele
THE Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) is investigating allegations that a 46-year-old police captain raped a Worcester woman in a police van.
He is due in Worcester Magistrate’s Court today.
Ipid spokesman Moses Dlamini said in a statement the woman was allegedly raped by the on-duty policeman in a marked police van at 11.30pm on June 20.
“The woman says she was raped inside the vehicle.
“The suspect allegedly threatened to shoot the woman and her son if she reported the incident to anyone. This resulted in her not reporting the case immediately,” he said.
Dlamini said the policeman had been arrested immediately after the woman opened a case.
“The Ipid conducted an investigation and decided to arrest the suspect on the same day based on the evidence. He is being held at the Paarl East police station until his appearance. The investigation continues,” he said.
In other cases, a 41-year-old warrant officer appeared in Paarl Magistrate’s Court last week on charges of allegedly raping a 14-year-old in her home in Mbekweni several times in April. He faces four counts of rape.
A Mossel Bay police captain was fired in April after he allegedly dismissed a complaint lodged by a woman against a police reservist she accused of raping her.
The woman said she had been raped by a reservist inside the trauma room of KwaNonqaba’s satellite station at Herbertsdale when she went to lodge a complaint of domestic violence.
barbara.maregele@inl.co.za