Victim speaks out after allegedly being raped by
cop
Salome
Mabena has spoken out after she was allegedly raped by a police officer at a
dumpsite Bronkhorstspruit.
As part
of the 16 days of activism campaign EWN spoke exclusively to a woman who was
allegedly raped by a policeman. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN
JOHANNESBURG
– A woman who was raped,
allegedly by a warrant officer stationed at the Ekangala police station in
Bronkhorstspruit, has told Eyewitness News how she was allegedly raped
at a dumpsite by a police officer.
Salome Mabena went to the station to open a case of abuse against her husband.
A few months after opening the case, the officer investigating it went to her house and asked her to go with him to the police station to clarify some issues.
He however took her to a dumping site, where he allegedly threatened her with a gun and raped her.
Mabena says she was too afraid to report the case to the police station in her area because that is where her alleged rapist works.
She says she laid a charge at the Bronkhorstspruit police station a day after the incident.
Mabena claims that while she was there, she heard the officer who was taking her statement warn her alleged rapist over the phone.
She says when she arrived at home later, her children told her the warrant officer was there and was looking for her.
“He came after I opened the case against him. He told my kids it was not an issue, because it was consensual.”
Salome Mabena went to the station to open a case of abuse against her husband.
A few months after opening the case, the officer investigating it went to her house and asked her to go with him to the police station to clarify some issues.
He however took her to a dumping site, where he allegedly threatened her with a gun and raped her.
Mabena says she was too afraid to report the case to the police station in her area because that is where her alleged rapist works.
She says she laid a charge at the Bronkhorstspruit police station a day after the incident.
Mabena claims that while she was there, she heard the officer who was taking her statement warn her alleged rapist over the phone.
She says when she arrived at home later, her children told her the warrant officer was there and was looking for her.
“He came after I opened the case against him. He told my kids it was not an issue, because it was consensual.”
Mabena says she opened a case with the Independent Police Investigative
Directorate, but the case was never taken to court and the officer
still works in her area.
She says she wants her identity known, as she needs to speak out.
(Edited by Tamsin Wort)
She says she wants her identity known, as she needs to speak out.
(Edited by Tamsin Wort)
