Dad arrested for raping baby
2005-08-23 11:54
Soweto - A 30-year-old father was arrested in Doornkop on suspicion of raping his eight-month-old daughter, Soweto police said on Tuesday.
Sergeant Richard Munyai said the baby girl's mother thought she may have been raped after bathing her and changing her nappy on Monday night.
"She discovered that the child's private parts were swollen," Munyai said.
The mother said that every time the father brought the baby back after baby-sitting her, the child would be crying.
The man was arrested and would soon appear in the Soweto magistrate's court.
"Police are appealing to the community to report such incidents so we can protect our children and put the rapists behind bars," Munyai said.
- SAPA