Mpuma boys to appear for rapes
2008-01-11 13:47
Johannesburg - Two boys, aged 12 and 17, were expected to appear in Mpumalanga courts on Friday for allegedly raping girls in separate incidents, police said.
The 12-year-old was expected to appear in the Masoyi Magistrate's Court after he allegedly raped an eight-year-old girl on Wednesday. The matter was reported to police on Thursday.
The boy allegedly forced himself on the child as she was walking home from school on a deserted road at about 13:00.
The 17-year-old boy allegedly raped a girl of the same age on Monday morning. It was also reported on Thursday.
"He went to the house of the victim where she was staying with her grandmother in Driefontein. He grabbed her, forced her into bushes and allegedly raped her."
He was expected to appear in the Dirkiesdorp Magistrate's Court.
- SAPA