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இரண்டு சிறுவர்களை கற்பழித்ததற்காக சிறையில் உள்ள இமாம் பெயில் கேட்கிறார்
சிறையின் உள்ளே அவருக்கு பாதுகாப்பு இல்லையாம்.

இவர் வெளியே வந்தால், வெளியே இருப்பவர்களுக்கு பாதுகாப்பு இருக்காதே

Rape accused fears for his life, wants bail

September 11 2008 at 09:42AM

By Botho Molosankwe

The man accused of raping two boys after inviting them for "a sleepover" says he isn't safe in prison and is asking to be released on bail.

The 42-year-old Nigel, Ekurhuleni, man is being detained at Boksburg Prison. He has been there for the past week.

The man, who told the magistrate during Wednesday's court proceedings that his life was in danger, did not reveal what he was scared of or the kind of danger he was facing.

The man, who cannot be named until he pleads, was making his second appearance at the Germiston magistrate's court on Wednesday after his arrest last week.






He is alleged to have raped two boys, aged 10 and 12, in a house that is in the same yard as a mosque at the Dukathole informal settlement in Germiston on August 25.

He has been living there for the past two months and is a caretaker.

Boys from the area used to attend Islamic lectures at the mosque, and the man is accused of inviting the two boys to sleep over and then raping them.

Police say he told the boys to keep silent about what happened to them and promised them R20 each - which they never received.

The rapes were reported a week later when the 12-year-old told his friend what had happened to him. The friend urged him to tell his mother, who then reported the matter to the police.

As he stood in the dock clutching a gold purse, the man - through his lawyer Barry Smith - stated that no "intercourse" had taken place between him and the boys and that no blood sample was taken from him.

Smith took over the case on Wednesday after the man's first lawyer withdrew his services because he had not been paid.

The case has been postponed to October 8 for further investigations.