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One of accused in Rhodes Park murder and rape case asked victim to help him penetrate her

October 24, 2016. Zimbabwean nationals Thabo Nkala , Edmor Ndlovu and Mduduzi Mathibela appear in the high court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court to answer for the murder of Zukisa Kela and Sizwe Tyele, who were drowned at Rhodes Park last year. Pic: Veli Nhlapo. © Sowetan
October 24, 2016. Zimbabwean nationals Thabo Nkala , Edmor Ndlovu and Mduduzi Mathibela appear in the high court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court to answer for the murder of Zukisa Kela and Sizwe Tyele, who were drowned at Rhodes Park last year. Pic: Veli Nhlapo. © Sowetan

One of the men involved in the Rhodes Park double murder and rape incident asked his victim to hold his soft penis and help him penetrate her.

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Siphokazi Tyele‚ one of the two survivors of the attack testified at the South Gauteng High Court sitting at Palm Ridge High Court on Wednesday afternoon where she told of the horrific events that saw at least two men using their hands to penetrate her vagina and anus during the ordeal at the Kensington park in October 2015.

Tyele‚ her husband Sizwe‚ and their two friends Jabu Mbatha and Zukisa Kela were accosted by a group of about 10 men while taking a stroll at the park. They were ordered to lie down next to the dam. The attackers then drowned the two male victims at gunpoint before some of them fled the scene.

 However two remained and were armed with a knife and a gun.

“One of them knelt in front of me and he took out his penis and tried to insert it inside my vagina. He tried twice or thrice but he could not penetrate me. He then said I must help him insert it. I tried for four or five times but it could not go in because it was too soft‚” the sobbing Tyele told the court.

At this time the second man with a gun had been raping Mbatha a few metres away.

“When he could not have sex with me he then proceeded to insert two fingers into my vagina and anus. This went on for about five minutes before he got up and they fled‚” Tyele said.

The two women then noticed a head of one their partners emerging from the water but there was no response when they tried to talk to him. They ran to nearby houses where they got help.

 Suspects Thabo Nkala‚ Edmor Ndlovu and Mduduzi Mathibela have pleaded not guilty to charges of murder‚ rape and robbery.

 

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