THE Randburg Magistrates Court is preparing for a trial in the case against an ANC official (34) accused of rape.
The suspect is accused of luring a 17-year-old girl to his home and allegedly raping her before trying to buy her silence with R100, is preparing for trial.
The crime he's accused of dates back to October 14, 2022, and at that time the accused lived in the same yard as the teenager.
The teenager only found the courage to confide in her father about the incident on her birthday, a month after the crime.
As a result, the accused was arrested on Friday, 2 December 2022.
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When the suspect appeared in the Randburg Magistrates Court on Thursday, 8 June, Judge Hleziphi Mkhasibe said the matter was postponed to Wednesday, 28 June, to await the results of the investigation and preparation for trial.
In 2022, the suspect had denied in court that he raped the teenager, arguing that the evidence against him was "weak".
In his affidavit, he alleged that there was no evidence linking him to the crime.
He alleged that he was not arrested during the commission of the crime, nor was he at the scene. He denied raping the minor and said that no DNA evidence linked him to the crime.
On the other hand, he argued that there were conflicting versions of the story. One said that he took her on a date and raped her, and the other said that he raped her where they lived in the same yard. He denied that both instances took place.
Earlier, the victim's father told Daily Sun that the child has since moved to Rustenburg in North West after she was bullied at school when her classmates found out she was allegedly raped.
