The Elsburg SAPS nabbed four men for allegedly raping a 24-year-old woman and robbing her house.<\/p>\n
The incident took place on July 7, at 11.10pm, in Calabash Street, Rondebult.<\/p>
\u201cIt is alleged that four men, armed with a toy gun, entered the woman\u2019s house, where they found her and her seven-month-old baby,\u201d said Const Daphney Phooko, communications officer for the Elsburg SAPS.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey pointed the gun at them and tied up the woman using shoelaces.<\/p>
\u201cThey then allegedly raped her without using protection.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the rape the suspects made off with three cellphones, a belt and a USB card reader.<\/p>\n
When the Elsburg police arrived on the scene to open a case docket, the victim was able to describe her attackers to them.<\/p>\n
”At about 2.45am on July 8, the officers who had opened the woman\u2019s case were conducting patrols on the R554, when they noticed a suspicious-looking green VW Golf near a petrol station,” Phooko said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe police stopped and searched the suspects and the vehicle.<\/p>\n
\u201cA toy gun was recovered and the suspects matched the description given by the victim.\u201d<\/p>\n
The four men, two aged 19 and the others 27 and 30, were arrested by the officers.<\/p>\n
Upon further investigation by the investigating officer, a firearm was recovered on the R103 by the police, with its serial number filed off.<\/p>\n
The men were detained at the Germiston Police Station.<\/p>\n
The suspects, two Zimbabweans and two South Africans, all reside in Vosloorus.<\/p>\n
They are due to appear in the Germiston Magistrates Court soon, to face charges of house robbery, rape and possession of an unlicensed firearm.<\/p>\n
All the stolen items were recovered.<\/p>\n
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