A 28-year-old man was arrested in Germiston, on Wednesday, in connection with an alleged rape.<\/p>\n
Capt George Raphulu, head of communications for the Germiston SAPS, said: \u201cThe suspect allegedly told the victim that he was working as a gardener and that his employer was looking for someone who could assist him with domestic work.<\/p>
\u201cThe suspect told the victim to follow him to a certain address, to meet his employer.\u201d<\/p>\n
The victim accompanied the suspect to a complex and the man told her to stand a distance away, while he pretended he was entering the premises.<\/p>
He disappeared for a while and then returned and told the victim that his employer was not at home and that they had better go back to where they had met.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile they were walking back the man allegedly started to strangle the victim and allegedly raped her in an open veld,\u201d Raphulu said.<\/p>\n
The victim opened a case of rape at the Germiston Police Station on November 12.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, November 16, the Germiston SAPS investigating officer, Const Letsoko Malete, went to fetch the victim, to visit the crime scene.<\/p>\n
On the way, the victim saw the suspect, wearing the same clothes as he had at the time of the incident, entering a shop.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe identified him to the police officer and Malete jumped out of the vehicle and arrested the man.
\nThe suspect is due to appear in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court soon.<\/p>\n
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