The Primrose police recently arrested a 33-year-old man.<\/p>\n
The man charged with attempted rape was arrested in Hazel Street, in Marlands.<\/p>
The crime was reported to the Primrose police by the victim who explained that she had met the accused through social media and they had decided to meet in person.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe complainant told officers that she took along her handbag containing toiletries, clothes, her cellphone, bank card and some cash,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>
\u201cThe pair took a taxi to Primrose and then walked towards Marlands.\u201d<\/p>\n
After walking for a long time the victim complained to the accused that she was getting tired.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe assured her that they were close to their destination and suggested that they take a shortcut through some bushes,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n
Becoming suspicious the woman hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was then that the accused allegedly took out a knife, held it to the woman\u2019s throat and told her he was going to rape her.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe reportedly picked her up and began to carry her down the road,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n
The complainant told police that she managed to convince the accused that she was not going to run away.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe asked if they could stop somewhere so she could use the bathroom.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe agreed but took her possessions from her as an assurance that she would return,\u201d Maome explained.<\/p>\n
The woman was able to find some community members and told them her story.<\/p>\n
They took her to the nearest garage where she then called her family using a spare cellphone she had hidden in her pocket.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer family brought her to the Primrose Police Station where she opened a case against the accused,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n
The man was arrested and held at the station pending his appearance in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court.<\/p>\n
His case has since been postponed for plea and trial.<\/p>\n
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