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Community mum on East Rand castration
February 11, 2004, 12:33 PM
Police are battling to get more information on who castrated a Katlehong man allegedly caught raping a five-year-old girl, East Rand police said today.
"When the police got there everybody was just standing around saying they knew nothing about it," Zithini Dlamini, police spokesperson, said.
A 26-year-old man was castrated by members of the community when he was caught allegedly raping the girl at Mandela Park informal settlement in the East Rand township on Sunday.
Child lured with the promise of chips
The toddler had been playing with friends when she was lured away with the promise of a packet of chips from a nearby tuckshop, police said. She was led into a shack where a toilet roll was stuffed into her mouth and she was raped. Dlamini said her mother had asked people in the vicinity where her daughter was and was led to the shack where the man was allegedly caught in the act.
He was dragged out and assaulted before being castrated. "He was found in a pool of blood with his penis cut off," said Dlamini. "No one is talking and the police are asking around but no one is prepared to say anything. We don't even know what type of sharp object was used."
The man has been charged with rape in absentia in the Boksburg Magistrate's Court, with the case returning to court on February 25. The girl, who is the only child of a young mother, would be treated for her injuries and counselling would be arranged.
Nomvula Mokonyane, the Gauteng safety and liaison MEC, condemned the castration, saying: "We cannot allow having people taking the law into their own hands whilst we have the police and other law enforcement agencies who are there to ensure that there's law and order. We are a civilised country and we have a Constitution that protects each and every citizen, so let us all respect the supreme law of the country." - Sapa
February 11, 2004, 12:33 PM
Police are battling to get more information on who castrated a Katlehong man allegedly caught raping a five-year-old girl, East Rand police said today.
"When the police got there everybody was just standing around saying they knew nothing about it," Zithini Dlamini, police spokesperson, said.
A 26-year-old man was castrated by members of the community when he was caught allegedly raping the girl at Mandela Park informal settlement in the East Rand township on Sunday.
Child lured with the promise of chips
The toddler had been playing with friends when she was lured away with the promise of a packet of chips from a nearby tuckshop, police said. She was led into a shack where a toilet roll was stuffed into her mouth and she was raped. Dlamini said her mother had asked people in the vicinity where her daughter was and was led to the shack where the man was allegedly caught in the act.
He was dragged out and assaulted before being castrated. "He was found in a pool of blood with his penis cut off," said Dlamini. "No one is talking and the police are asking around but no one is prepared to say anything. We don't even know what type of sharp object was used."
The man has been charged with rape in absentia in the Boksburg Magistrate's Court, with the case returning to court on February 25. The girl, who is the only child of a young mother, would be treated for her injuries and counselling would be arranged.
Nomvula Mokonyane, the Gauteng safety and liaison MEC, condemned the castration, saying: "We cannot allow having people taking the law into their own hands whilst we have the police and other law enforcement agencies who are there to ensure that there's law and order. We are a civilised country and we have a Constitution that protects each and every citizen, so let us all respect the supreme law of the country." - Sapa
