Rapists 'kiss woman goodbye'
2008-09-02 21:20
Thobile Mlangeni
Nelspruit - A teenager and his older friend are expected to appear in court on Wednesday in connection with raping a woman, then accompanying her home and kissing her goodbye.
The 19-year-old woman was walking in the street in Msogwaba near Nelspruit on Sunday night when the suspects, aged 15 and 21, started following her.
"She tried to run from them but she fell and they dragged her to a nearby bush where they took turns raping her," said Captain Phillip Fakude.
The woman was raped and assaulted at knifepoint.
One of the rapists threatened to kill her if she reported them to the police.
They then asked her where she lived.
She showed them the wrong house and they escorted her to it, before kissing her and running away.
The woman recognised one of the rapists and police arrested both of them on Monday.
They are expected to appear in the KaNyamazane Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.
- African Eye