Police rape cases
Athlone policeman under investigation for allegedly raping female detainee
It’s alleged on New Year’s, the warrant officer promised to release the suspect on warning if she had sex with him.
The 20-year-old was apparently arrested for theft & detained alone in holding cells at the Laingsburg police station.
The rape incident allegedly took place while the victim, aged 20, was in police custody on Friday night in Laingsburg.
The officer apparently asked a woman to accompany him to his home where he allegedly assaulted & raped her.
Ipid says the warrant officer is still too drunk to give a statement.
The drunk officer was taken into custody last night where DNA & blood alcohol tests were conducted.
The police constable apparently stabbed his wife several times after he suspected she was having an affair.
Constable Lungile Majola was sentenced for kidnapping, rape and robbery with aggravating circumstances.
The officer allegedly lured his teenage neighbour to his home last week where he attacked her.
A Soweto mother claims her 16-year-old daughter was raped by a Metro police officer who lives next door. She says he lured her into his house, spiked her drink and raped her as she drifted in and out of consciousness.
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Mokolo Molekoa will also serve five life sentences for 16 cases of rape and kidnapping and robbery.
The Democratic Alliance's James Selfe says the statistics are shocking.
IPID says 1,100 cases of torture and assault involving Western Cape police have been reported.