By Luvuyo Mjekula
A Plettenberg Bay guest house owner has accused a Knysna policeman of raping her while his colleague allegedly held her
down.
The 32-year-old woman told the police she had gone to a Knysna restaurant with friends and left after a quarrel in the early hours of Sunday.
She said she decided to walk on the main road towards Plettenberg Bay,
but saw a police vehicle in a nearby parking area.
She approached the
car and asked the two policemen to give her a lift home and they agreed, she
said in a statement.
"She said the driver pulled her into the car and the
passenger pulled her pants down.
"She
said one of the policemen raped her while the other held her down," said police
spokesman Captain Malcolm Pojie. He said a rape docket had been opened and
police would make arrests after an ID parade on Tuesday.
"The officers
have not been arrested but we will arrest them today if they are pointed out in
the ID parade," he said.
One officer would face a rape charge and the
other would be arrested as an accomplice, said Pojie.
The George Family,
Violence and Child Protection Unit is investigating the case.
Community
Safety MEC Lennit Max said he was "disgusted" by the incident.
He said
if found guilty, the officers did not deserve to wear the SA Police Service
uniform and would face the full force of the law: "When police officers act like
criminals, they will be treated like criminals," he said.
Max urged
members of the public not to lose trust in the police.
He said he would
personally follow the case and ensure that the members, if found guilty, "paid
for the crime they committed against a woman who trusted
them".
luvuyo.mjekula@inl.co.za
This article was originally published on page 3 of Cape Times
on February 09, 2010
Report ID: | 131 |
Crime Category: | Rape |
Province: | Western Cape |
City/Town: | Plettenberg Bay |
Suburb: | Plettenberg Bay |
Address: | Knysna on the way to Plettenberg Bay |
Crime Date/Time: | 7 Feb 2010, 00:02 AM |
Reported By: | Username131 |
Reported Date: | 9 Feb 2010, 12:02 PM |
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Have the so called police officers been arrested or are they still on the streets of Knysna?