{"id":146536,"date":"2017-03-11T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/146536\/trust-destroyed-by-rape-allegation\/"},"modified":"2017-03-11T13:01:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T11:01:05","slug":"trust-destroyed-by-rape-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/03\/11\/trust-destroyed-by-rape-allegation\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust destroyed by rape allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germiston SAPS members were called to an alleged rape scene at the Good Hope informal settlement, last Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, the officers found a 27-year-old male, who was accused of rape, in the hands of a mob.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the complainant, the suspect sent a 10-year-old boy to the shops for a loose cigarette,\u201d said Capt George Raphulu, head of communications for the Germiston SAPS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the child returned from the shops, the suspect allegedly pulled him into a nearby toilet, locked him inside and began to undress and rape him.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe victim\u2019s parents say the suspect is well-known and trusted by the victim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The suspect sustained slight injuries and he was arrested by police soon after they rescued him from the mob.<\/p>\n<p>He was detained at the Germiston Police Station and the matter is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/146365\/bakkie-leads-to-arrest\/\">Bakkie leads to arrest<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/146500\/dagga-found-abandoned-in-classroom\/\">Dagga found abandoned in classroom<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='44ffb6f94b5ec5366ba0f896f7f0f680'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germiston police arrested a 27-year-old male on allegations that he raped a 10-year-old boy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":146537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[11935,13824,989,1106,11936,979,969,1032,13911,2749,1689,13910],"class_list":["post-146536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-capt-george-raphulu","tag-capt-george-raphulu-head-of-communications-for-the-germiston-saps","tag-crime","tag-gcn","tag-george-raphulu","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-germiston-saps","tag-man-charged-for-rape","tag-puleng-sekabate","tag-rape","tag-rape-charge"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["Capt George Raphulu","Capt George Raphulu head of communications for the Germiston SAPS","crime","GCN","George Raphulu","germiston","germiston city news","germiston saps","man charged for rape","Puleng Sekabate","rape","rape charge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}