Neighbour arrested for rape of mentally challenged woman

'I didn’t expect him to take advantage of her like this'

Mpho Koka Journalist

The family of a 30-year-old woman with a learning disability who was brutally assaulted, raped and left for dead in a ditch in Finetown, Gauteng, allegedly by her neighbour, wants the perpetrator to be jailed.

The victim’s 28-year-old sister, who cannot be named to protect the victim's identity, said she had left her sister at home with their siblings when the incident happened on July 24...

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