'Cop promised
to release me in exchange for sex'
6
January 2017
Saafia
February
Cape Town – Police are investigating one of their own after an
Athlone woman said she was repeatedly raped while in police holding cells.
The 32-year-old woman was arrested for shoplifting and possession
of drugs on New Year’s Eve in the Athlone area. She has since laid rape charges
against her arresting officer.
Police
are investigating one of their own after a woman said she was repeatedly raped
while in the holding cells at Athlone police station.
Police have confirmed that its watchdog, the Independent Police
Investigative Directorate (Ipid), is investigating the matter.
According to police sources, the warrant officer was on duty from
6pm on New Year’s Eve until 6am the next day.
The woman told police that she was arrested and taken to the holding
cells at the Athlone Police Station. Here, the warrant officer took her out of
the cell and allegedly promised to release her on just a warning, but only if
she slept with him. He then said that he was going to have sex with her.
It’s believed the cop then went to fetch alcohol, which he took
into the cell, and the two drank together. They then had sex.
The insider said the officer then took the woman out of the
station and went to a nearby garage where he bought two cans of energy drinks.
The woman said he then made her have more sex with him “a number of times”.
But instead of keeping his promise and releasing her, the warrant
officer took the woman back to the police station's holding cells. The next
morning she told his colleagues.
The source said the next officer on duty inspected the cells just
before 9am, and that’s when the woman told her story.
The alleged rape victim was taken to a nearby hospital and a case
was opened.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andrè Traut confirmed that
the matter was being investigated.
“The 32-year-old rape complainant was arrested on 31 December 2016
on charges of shoplifting and possession of tik and detained at Athlone Police
Station,” he said. “The investigation regarding the allegations of rape is
conducted by Ipid.”
Ipid did not respond to queries by Thursday night.
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