The Welkom police have arrested a 39-year-old man following reports of the alleged rape of his two daughters, now aged 16 and 20 years.
On 24 April, off-duty members of the Welkom Public Order Policing (POP) received information on the whereabouts of an alleged rapist and the vehicle he was driving. The members then traced and apprehended the suspect who was parked outside a house in Welkom.
“It is alleged that since 2019, the suspect would threaten the two victims, who were aged 10 and 14 at the time, with a firearm before engaging in continuous sexual acts with them.
“The matter was recently reported to the police after one of the victims shared details of the ordeal with her mother in Winburg,” says Sgt. Palesa Thabana, police spokesperson in Lejweleputswa.
The man was subsequently arrested for rape, with the additional charge of directing a firearm at someone.
