Diplomats Fury at SA Rape Bungle
Noelene Barbeau, Sunday Tribune
September 16, 2007
Noelene Barbeau, Sunday Tribune
September 16, 2007
The French and Belgian governments are incensed at how the South
African Police Services botched investigations into the rape of a French
tourist and an attack on her Belgian boyfriend on the Durban beachfront in
December last year.
The two suspects walked free this week. This is after police had originally received accolades for the speedy arrest after the incident during the International Paralympic Committee Swimming World Championship last year.
Now, apart from the lambasting the police got in court this week, the consuls said the victims had not even been informed that the accused - arrested within 36 hours of the incident - had been set free.
This follows months of delays arising from police not appointing an investigating officer, not following up on DNA analysis or taking statements from other police officers.
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