KZN cop arrested for allegedly raping minor
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has arrested an Impendle sergeant on a charge of rape.
The 44-year-old is accused in a case involving an eight-year-old girl.
IPID spokesperson Ndileka Cola says in 2017, the child's mother was the first to notice that her daughter was unwell.
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"The officer allegedly threatened to shoot her if she tells anyone about the incident. The incident was reported to IPID. He was arrested on Monday at his home in Impendle.
"[He] has been remanded in custody until his formal bail application scheduled for 24 June 2021 in Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court."
