Police have arrested a 53-year-old man and an unrelated 16-year-old boy for raping children in the township of Khayelitsha in Cape Town.
Police constable Noloyiso Rwexana said the 16-year-old would appear in the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with the rape of a five-year-old girl at his house in Makhaza on Friday.
“The suspect lured the victim into the house and raped her. In a separate incident the same suspect allegedly repeatedly raped a nine-year-old girl using the same modus operandi. According to information the suspect raped the victim several times in the month of July 2016‚’’ Rwexana said.
The 53-year-old will appear in the same court on August 17 to apply for bail.
