Baby raped as mom slept
2003-10-13 12:04
Cape Town - A nine-month-old baby is in hospital after she was raped in a house at Kalkfontein near Kuils River in the Western Cape on Sunday while he mother slept, police said on Monday.
Superintendent Riaan Pool said the child was found by the owner of the house when she returned home about 11:30. The child was crawling around the kitchen and crying uncontrollably. Her clothes were bloodstained.
Pool said a 35-year-old man of Sarepta in Kuils River had been arrested by members of the child protection unit about three hours after the rape.
Police reports indicated that the baby's 34-year-old mother, who rented a room in the Kalkfontein house where the rape took place, went to lie down with her child next to her shortly before 11:00.
Besides the mother and the child, the only other people in the house at the time were the owner of the property and a friend.
Pool said the owner left the house to go to a nearby shop and the friend remained in the house.
When the owner returned, she found the child had been sexually assaulted. She woke the mother and they called the police.
Pool said the suspect would remain in custody until he appeared in Kuils River court.
- SAPA