Woman raped at police station
February 21 2013 at 07:10pm
By SAPA
By SAPA
Independent Newspapers
Cape Town - A policeman has been
arrested after the rape of a woman in Herbertsdale in the Western Cape, the
Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) said on Thursday.
The 52-year-old constable, based at
Kwanonqaba police station, was taken into custody on Wednesday, Ipid spokesman
Moses Dlamini said.
Dlamini said he allegedly raped the
woman, 49, on the premises of Herbertsdale satellite police station when she
went there to report domestic violence on February 15.
“After (he) listened to her complaint,
he locked the front door of the station and took the victim by force to the
trauma room, where he pulled her pants down and raped her,” he said.
The woman reported the matter at the
same satellite police station the following day.
The officer who was on duty at the time
told her to go home, and said police officers would be sent to her house.
“The victim waited for the police, but
to no avail, and she then reported the incident to the local councillor,” said
Dlamini.
The Ipid was informed about the
incident on Tuesday, and the constable was arrested the next day.
He would appear in the Mossel Bay
Magistrate's Court on Friday on a charge of rape. – Sapa
