{"id":200187,"date":"2019-04-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/200187\/man-allegedly-rapes-ex-girlfriend\/"},"modified":"2019-04-01T13:24:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T11:24:05","slug":"man-allegedly-rapes-ex-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/01\/man-allegedly-rapes-ex-girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Man allegedly rapes ex-girlfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 24-year-old man was recently arrested by the Primrose police on a charge of rape.<\/p>\n<p>The man is accused of raping his ex-girlfriend in the Makause informal settlement on March 1.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/200262\/police-appeal-to-the-community-for-information\/\" target=\"_blank\">Police appeal to the community for information<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cWhen reporting the alleged rape to police the victim explained that she had been home when the suspect arrived and accused her of breaking in into his shack,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe allegedly dragged her forcefully to his shack saying she must see what she had done.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen they arrived, the accused reportedly pushed her into his shack, locked the door and ordered her to undress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen she refused he allegedly forcefully undressed her and raped her.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/198854\/man-arrested-following-alleged-pretoria-road-assault\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man arrested following alleged Pretoria Road assault<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The following morning the victim escaped the shack by breaking down the door and ran to her sister\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>Using the information given by the victim and following several leads officers traced and arrested the man.<\/p>\n<p>He has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court where his case was postponed for plea and trial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" 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