Ekurhuleni metro police
superintendent denies raping woman
Sapa | 18 June, 2014 09:00
An Ekurhuleni metro police superintendent has pleaded not guilty to rape in the Durban Regional Court.
The woman, then aged 21, was allegedly raped in a beachfront hotel in
Durban in 2012.
Prosecutor Krishen Shah said the cop, Sydney Dhladhla, 45, and his
former girlfriend, LeratoMohatle, the complainant and three men drove to Durban
from Johannesburg for the Durban July horseracing event.
The woman, Mohatle's friend at the time, alleged that Dhladhla came into
the room at Garden Court Marine Parade Hotel at 1am and raped her.
Benny Ndaba, for Dhladhla, said his client had consensual sex with the
woman.
Mohatle said they were intoxicated when they reached the hotel that
night.
She later got a call from the hotel manager, saying the woman was crying
in his office because someone entered her room and slept with her but it was
too dark to know who.
Dhladhla later told Mohatle it was him. Mohatle was angry, but, asked
for advice by her friend, said she must lay a charge if she felt violated.
Hotel management called the police and Dhladhla was arrested.
