Girl (9) dies after sex attack
2003-03-09 14:10
Kestell, Free State - A man was arrested on Saturday on a farm in the Kestell district in the Free State after a nine-year-old girl died from injuries she sustained during a sexual attack, police reported.
Constable Christopher Mophiring said the girl was being washed by her aunt on February 17 when the aunt noticed a swelling around the girl's private parts.
The girl told the aunt that a certain man had molested her.
On March 6 the aunt took the girl to a doctor, who said the girl had been sexually attacked and referred her to Manapo Provincial Hospital for treatment.
The Manapo hospital referred the girl to Universitas Hospital in Bloemfontein, where she died the following day.
The aunt reported the matter to the police when she returned from Bloemfontein, said Mophiring. It was not known why she had waited more than two weeks to take the girl to a doctor.
The alleged attacker would appear in the Kestell Magistrate's Court on Monday on a charge of murder, said Mophiring.
- SAPA