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Give 'rapist' bail, pleads wife
14/05/2008 23:03 - (SA)
Walter Ka Nkosi
Lebowakgomo - A man accused of raping his teenage stepdaughter and threatening to cut her head off with a panga has been granted bail and allowed to return home.
His wife had asked police that he be released on bail because he was the sole breadwinner and, without him, she and her daughter would starve.
The man's relatives paid the R1 000 bail when he appeared in Thabamoopo Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
The man, a builder from Mamaolo village near Lebowakgomo, was not asked to plead to rape and was told to appear again on June 9 when a trial date would be set.
The court warned him not to speak to his wife or stepdaughter about the case, nor to intimidate them in any way while he is out on bail or he immediately would be placed back in custody.
The investigating officer will visit the house daily to ensure that the man is adhering to his bail conditions and report back to the prosecutor.
The man is accused of raping his stepdaughter at their home on March 20 while her mother was attending an overnight church service.
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