{"id":150223,"date":"2017-04-28T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T05:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/150223\/man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-minor\/"},"modified":"2017-04-28T14:06:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T12:06:50","slug":"man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/04\/28\/man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for allegedly raping minor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 26-year-old man was recently arrested by members of the Katlehong Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit for the alleged rape of a five-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest was made in the Siphamandla informal settlement, in Katlehong, when the child\u2019s mother called police to the scene of the crime.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe mother told officers that she and her boyfriend had been asleep when they heard a noise from the young girl\u2019s room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe claims that when she went to investigate she found her daughter half naked and the accused, the child\u2019s uncle, in the room,\u201d explained Capt Mega Ndobe, of the Ekurhuleni West cluster.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>When asked what had happened the little girl allegedly told her mother that her uncle had raped her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was taken to hospital where doctors confirmed the rape,\u201d Ndobe said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is expected to appear in the Palm Ridge Magistrate\u2019s Court soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/149625\/flying-squad-arrests-man-for-possession-of-nyaope\/\">Flying Squad arrests man for possession of nyaope<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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