By Agreement Mabunda
POLOKWANE: A 43-year-old Foreign National who was arrested on Thursday 19 October 2023 for allegedly raping his 6-year-old biological daughter in Solomondale was remanded in Police custody when he appeared before Mankweng Magistrates Court on Friday, October 20.
It is reported that the mother and the father had an arrangement that the father should reside with their daughter at his residence in Solomondale at the beginning of the last December year.
It is reported, that during the victim’s visit to her mother and while bathing, she complained about pains in the private parts.
The mother suspected that the daughter might have been raped and took the child to the clinic for a medical examination. The Doctor confirmed that indeed the child was raped and she indicated that her father raped her.
Wednesday 18 October 2023 and the suspect was apprehended the next day while at his residence on Thursday at Solomondale before his Court appearance on Friday 20 October 2023 and his case was postponed to Friday 27 October 2023.
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, condemned the shocking incident in the strongest possible terms and applauded the Police’ for the immediate arrest of the suspect. “He was expected to provide and protect the daughter, instead he destroys her future, this is disturbing indeed. ” Concluded Lieutenant General Hadebe.
