Charges dropped against man found with mentally challenged teen
Charges against a man found with a Soweto teenager, who was the victim of a video-taped gang-rape, have been 'provisionally withdrawn'
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The 37-year-old man briefly appeared in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
He had been accused of holding the 17-year-old mentally disabled girl against her will at his house in Braamfischerville, Soweto.
“Investigations are still incomplete and we don’t even have a statement from the girl, so we can’t keep him in custody indefinitely,” National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga explained.
“We want to give the police sufficient time to complete investigations and reinstate the case later.”
Mhaga said a psychiatric report on the girl, which would determine her mental capacity, was still outstanding.
The girl went missing on March 21 and was found at the man’s house in a search launched after police became aware of the rape video.
Four boys and three men, who matched the descriptions of rapists shown in a cellphone video of the attack, were arrested in Dobsonville, Soweto on April 17. The video was widely circulated on the internet from April 18.
The four minors were granted bail by the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
The three men allegedly involved in the rape remain in custody.
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MommaC
If the justice system keeps on like this, we are going to see a whole lot more mob violence.This isn't justice, it is simply a re-affirmation that women are disposable sextoys
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RobinH
WHAT?!!!!? JESUS! NPA, Do your jobs for fluck sake.Report Abuse
MORNACHIESS
Why ?Report Abuse
sweet-t
@MOmmaCI toatally agree with you 100%. what do you call this???
Mxim, everything is a mess in this country.
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Sweetpea
Haai Maan! Kante what is going on in this Counrty? OMW re mo diheleng alreadyReport Abuse
Papage
and when we take the law into our own hands, we are been barbaric and kaffirs behave.Report Abuse
RobinH
Oh come on Papage. I never have condoned the violence or crime. I simply deplore mob metality. Spot the difference.Report Abuse
tpaz
I was wondering why they arrested him, after reading initial reports.....police are lazy . They arrest and investigate later.This guy was just found with the girl.and even reported it to the police when he saw her picture in one daily paper
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MommaC
RobinHThats not all.
According to the Times
"While the charges have not been finalised for their trial, the boys have only been charged with the "minimum" that they could be charged with during their bail hearing, which ended yesterday.
"To be fair to them, we have put before the court only the minimum charges we have against them," state prosecutor Carina Coetzee said "
Now consider that this isn't the first time this poor girl has been let down by the system.
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Papage
Is it because she is mentally unfit or she is just mad and the Authorities don't take her serious, we will act and they will take us serious, some one get the addresses of those monkeys.Report Abuse
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