Girl, 9, 'raped by granddad'
2008-03-19 13:17
Nelspruit - A nine-year-old Mpumalanga girl was raped by her grandfather, 47, on Tuesday night and, after questioning, it was found that he had subjected her to sexual attacks before, police said on Wednesday.
Captain Klaas Maloka said that residents of Elukwatini had discussed their suspicions about the man with police and on Tuesday when police went to the house, they found the girl had just been raped.
The girl lived with him while her parents lived and worked elsewhere.
During her medical treatment, the police's victim empowerment unit counselled her and also asked if it had happened before - and she revealed that it had.
"The child had not been strong enough to talk about it before," Maloka said.
Her grandfather was arrested and would appear in court soon.
- SAPA