Top cop
probed after police station rape
14
July 2016, 07:10am
NOMASWAZI
NKOSI
Pretoria - A top Pretoria cop is being investigated by the
Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) in connection with
allegations of rape.
A 27-year-old Mamelodi mother of three, who cannot be named due
to the sensitivity of the allegations, has alleged that she was raped and
sexually assaulted by a high ranking police officer in the capital city. He
cannot be named yet either.
A Mamelodi woman claims to have been raped by
a high ranking police officer at a city police station in March. Picture: Phill
Magakoe. Credit:
PRETORIA NEWS
“Ipid confirms a case of rape was reported and is indeed being
investigated. The incident is alleged to have happened on 29 March 2016 after
the victim went to the police station to collect her vehicle which had been
held there for investigation purposes,” said Robbie Raburabu, acting Ipid
spokesman.
The victim alleged that
she was raped by a 43-year-old lieutenant-colonel in the police station toilet
and then given her car keys.
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