Cop accused of raping girl at police
station granted bail
2016-10-10
20:00
Tammy Petersen, News24
Cape Town - A Montagu police officer accused of raping a minor at
the local police station has been granted bail of R3 000.
The warrant officer appeared in the Ashton Magistrate's Court on
Monday.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila
confirmed that bail was granted and that the matter was postponed until
November 23 for further investigation.
The officer cannot be named as he has not yet pleaded.
A 15-year-old girl accused the 47-year-old police officer of
raping her on August 30.
She had been at the police station after an altercation with her
family.
Her parents had asked the police to take her to the station for
her to calm down.
She was directed to the trauma room and was allegedly attacked and
raped at 21:30.
The girl was collected from the station by her mother and
stepfather the next day and the incident was reported after she confided in her
parents later that day.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is also probing
the incident.
