Man gives pig a poke

2003-09-09 17:25

Zenzele Kuhlase

Nelspruit - Police are searching for man accused of having sex with a pig and nearly suffocating her by tying a plastic bag over her head.

The 22-year-old man from Bhekiswayo tribal trust near Hazyview in Mpumalanga was arrested shortly after the owner of the pig caught him with his pants down behind the animal in March.

He appeared in the Nelspruit regional court on a bestiality charge, but the case was withdrawn when the magistrate said it should be tried at district level.

The investigating officer, Inspector Andrew Theledi, said he took the docket to the Masoyi periodical court on Tuesday and the court issued a warrant for the suspect's arrest.

"We ask anyone who knows his whereabouts to contact their nearest police station," said Inspector Theledi.

The case will be called in the Masoyi periodical court on September 30 again.

The owner of the pig, David Mhaule, said on Tuesday that she had survived her ordeal.

He said he has eight pigs and that it was not the first time one of them had been violated.

Inspector Theledi said the suspect was also accused of molesting a goat last year, but his family and the owner of the goat had settled out of court.

Meanwhile, a 38-year-old man from Kga-Molepo village near Polokwane, Dingaan Rammala, was jailed for 18 months last year for having sex with a goat.

He argued that he had chosen to have sex with the animal because he was scared that if he slept with a woman he would contract HIV/Aids.

Nine months of his sentence were conditionally suspended for five years. - African Eye News Service

- African Eye