Schoolboys in court for sodomy

Group of 5 ‘bullies rape’ classmate (13)

Five schoolboys have appeared in court for raping their 13year-old classmate.

The Grade 7 boy was raped at a school in Thaba Nchu‚ Free State, the provincial education department confirmed yesterday. The incident took place last week.

“It was after school and the victim was heading out when he was allegedly called by a group of boys. These boys have been causing a reign of terror at the school‚” said department spokesman Howard Ndaba.

He said that the boys were known to be bullies and were troublesome to their teachers.

The victim followed the boys‚ aged 13 and 14‚ to the bathroom. “There all five of them are alleged to have sodomised him‚” said Ndaba.

The victim went home‚ where his parents noticed something was wrong.

“He tried to hide it and said he was injured at a soccer game but the parents did not believe him‚” Ndaba added.

His parents took him to the doctor and it was confirmed that he had been penetrated.

“The five were taken in for questioning by the police at the weekend‚” said Ndaba.

They have since appeared in court, and the matter is being investigated by the department.