Daily Sun (September 22 2015) - THE MUM was so grateful to the man for finding her daughter, she invited him in for tea and biscuits.
But when she noticed the little girl’s tooth was loose she became suspicious and started asking questions.
SHE FOUND OUT THE MAN SHE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD SAMARITAN PROBABLY RAPED HER DAUGHTER.
“It seems he knocked her tooth out when he held her mouth to stop her from screaming,” said the 50-year-old mum from Wesselsbron, near Welkom in the Free State.
She told Daily Sun that on Saturday she had been working in the kitchen when she realised her seven-year-old child was missing. “It was getting dark and my son and I started looking for her. “But then a young man arrived at the house with my daughter on his back. “She was dusty and crying but I thought she may have fallen and I didn’t worry because I was just so happy my girl was back.”
The polite young man told the mum and her son (27) he had found the girl on the street looking lost. He said he questioned her and brought her home. “But while he was still in my house I realised my child’s tooth was missing and that made me suspicious,” said the mother.
The mother spoke to her child and the little girl said she had gone to visit her gogo. The suspect stopped her on her way home, dragged her into a nearby field and raped her, the child told her mum. “When she cried the man held her mouth so tightly with his hand her tooth became loose,” she said. “I secretly called the cops and they arrived and arrested the man.”
The angry mum said she is pleased the man was caught. “He thought he was going to get away with the terrible act but he was wrong. My ancestors were with me and made me aware,” she said. “Now my daughter is afraid of leaving the house and going to school. I’m worried this will haunt her for the rest of her life.”
Police spokesman Captain Stephen Thakeng confirmed that a case of rape had been opened against the 18-year-old suspect from Monyakeng. “He was arrested and is expected to appear before the Wesselsbron Magistrate Court soon,” said Thakeng.
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