Police in Tzaneen in Limpopo have arrested a 59 year old man for raping a 15-year-old girl at Lorraine village in the Sekororo area last Wednesday.
It is alleged that the suspect‚ who is the former principal of a private school in Nkowa Nkowa outside Tzaneen‚ called the girl out of the school premises saying that he wanted to give her a message.
He subsequently took her to his home in Loraine village where on arrival he raped her.
The victim opened a case and later the suspect handed himself over to the police.
Henry Sephamu appeared briefly before the Lenyenye Magistrate’s Court on Monday afternoon.
He will appear again on Tuesday for a bail application‚ Limpopo police spokesman
Lt-Col Moatshe Ngoepe said.
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Man‚ 59‚ arrested for rape of girl aged 15
It is alleged that the suspect‚ who is the former principal of a private school in Nkowa Nkowa outside Tzaneen‚ called the girl out of the school premises saying that he wanted to give her a message.
He subsequently took her to his home in Loraine village where on arrival he raped her.
The victim opened a case and later the suspect handed himself over to the police.
Henry Sephamu appeared briefly before the Lenyenye Magistrate’s Court on Monday afternoon.
He will appear again on Tuesday for a bail application‚ Limpopo police spokesman
Lt-Col Moatshe Ngoepe said.
TimesLIVE
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