Cookhouse girl raped on Women’s Day

Journalist Paula-Ann Smit

Tuesday, 11 August 2020, 10:11
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KAROO NEWS - A 24-year-old man was arrested by Cookhouse Police on 10 August for the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl.

According to Capt Bradley Rawlinson, spokesperson of the Graaff-Reinet SAPS, it is alleged that the victim was on her way home on Nyanga Street in the town on 9 August, when the suspect allegedly forced the girl into an unknown house and raped her.

“The suspect was traced and arrested by Cookhouse visible Policing members,” explained Rawlinson.

A case of rape was registered at Cookhouse Police Station.

The suspect will appear in the Somerset East Regional Court today, 11 August.

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