Rape trial: Father breaks down
2003-03-06 21:20
Johannesburg - The father of one of the girls allegedly raped by chef Fanwell Khumalo broke down in the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday while he recounted how he had been informed of her alleged ordeal.
His only daughter arrived home in an emotional state and told him and her grandmother she had been raped.
The young pupil testified on Wednesday and her father on Thursday.
Another victim told the court that after the rape at the hands of a man she identified as Khumalo, men disgusted her and she didn't want to be near her father or her older brother.
She was accosted on her way to school one morning and taken to a deserted house, where she was raped.
Testifying before judge Max Labe and two assessors, the pupil said that after the rape she was walked to the school by the man she identified as Khumalo, and said she reported the rape to her class teacher.
She further testified that since the rape she felt dirty and kept washing her private parts. "I thought of all the germs there. I will never be able to forget it."
Khumalo denies 132 charges, including 42 of rape, and claims mistaken identity.
The prosecution will call further rape victims when the hearing resumes on Friday.
- SAPA