‘Pimp, rapist’ dad nabbed
Stepfather ‘violates, prostitutes’ girl (10)
A man accused of raping and prostituting his 10-year-old stepdaughter was rearrested by a private security company in Verulam‚ north of Durban‚ yesterday afternoon.
This after the 44-year-old man escaped from the Osindisweni state hospital on Monday night.
The man‚ who was badly beaten by a mob‚ is understood to have been taken to hospital by his boss.
Reaction Unit South Africa (Rusa) spokesman Prem Balram previously said a neighbour found used condoms in the suspect’s home.
“She questioned the child, who admitted that she was being raped by her stepfather since her mother’s death five years ago.”
Balram said the child explained that she had been held captive in the house since they moved from Gauteng to KwaZulu-Natal last November.
She claimed her stepfather had sealed the doors and windows and prevented her from going to school.
She alleged her stepfather had also forced her to sleep with other men to subsidise his income as a mechanic.
Balram said his officers rearrested the man at a cement factory.
“Officers were dispatched to a business after staff recognised the suspect from a post on a Facebook page.
“They found that the alleged rapist was severely assaulted [again] by an angry mob. He was placed under arrest and is currently detained‚” he said.
“Police informed Rusa that the suspect could not be located after he escaped from hospital. He had been hospitalised for injuries he sustained during the [first] assault.”
Police spokeswoman Colonel Thembeka Mbhele said the man was expected to appear in the Verulam Magistrate’s Court today.
She said the girl was being kept in a place of safety.