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25-year-old released on bail for rape – Old woman arrested for further rape

  • A Mpumalanga man has been rearrested for raping a gogo after being released on bail for raping and killing another gogo.
  • The man reportedly broke into the woman’s home and subjected her to a two-day rape ordeal before he was arrested.
  • South Africans were angry and criticized the justice system for releasing the man after he committed a similar crime twice.

Tebogo Mokwena, a Short messages The news journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, covered police investigations and court cases for the Daily Sun for over three years.

A suspect has been arrested again in Mpumalanga for allegedly raping another Gogo
SA is angry at the justice system after a man was arrested for allegedly raping a gogo. Image: Jub Rubjob
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MPUMALANGA – South Africans were angry at the criminal justice system after a man who allegedly killed a gogo after raping her was released on bail, only to commit the same crime again.

Man from Mpumalanga allegedly rapes second Gogo

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According to South African police, the man was arrested on July 7 after allegedly breaking into the Gogo woman’s house in Didimala village in Dientjie, Mpumalanga. He then allegedly took her hostage and raped her for two days. The woman was taken to hospital where her injuries were treated. The suspect has been arrested and will appear before the Dientjie Periodical Court on July 9.

According to police, this was not the first crime of this kind he was accused of. He was allegedly arrested and released on R1,000 bail after allegedly raping and killing another Gogo in the same village.

South Africans are angry at South African courts

Internet users on Facebook expressed dissatisfaction that he was released on bail for the same crime.

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Thabang Tsie said:

“They need to take him back to the judge who granted him bail. Maybe this time they’ll do the right thing.”

Phaladi Mokgokgo was sarcastic:

“Bravo to our justice system. You never cease to amaze me.”

Mafresh Mshengu asked:

“How can you grant bail to someone who has previously committed such a crime?”

Jacob Williams said:

“How can you grant bail to someone who has previously committed such a crime?”

Jacob Williams said:

“Maybe he’ll be released on bail again.”

Mae TK said:

“His muthi works.”

Former Interior Minister acquitted of rape charges

In a similar article Short messages reported that a former MEC in Mpumalanga was acquitted of rape charges.

He was accused of raping his twin daughters, but the National Prosecutor’s Office dropped the charges.

Source: Newsflash