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Eyewitness News
2 days ago
- Eyewitness News
Magistrate cites lax border control for denying Ugandan rape accused bail
CAPE TOWN - A magistrate in the Boksburg court has cited the state of South Africa's borders as one of the reasons to deny bail to a Ugandan national accused of rape. The 29-year-old man is facing two counts of rape linked to the violation of an 11-year-old girl from Boksburg. ALSO READ: The man has denied the crime and had brought a bail application, telling the court that his family and his business needed him to stay afloat. But magistrate Sipho Manana said the man failed to provide exceptional circumstances for his release, which was a requirement based on the seriousness of the crime. The accused tried to convince the court that giving his passport to the investigating officer would keep him in the country pending the outcome of the case. But the magistrate was not sold. "I know for sure that borders from South Africa and other African neighbouring countries are not that strict. They are not controlled to the strictest condition that one can say for sure that if you do not have a passport, then you cannot evade the country."
Eyewitness News
3 days ago
- Eyewitness News
Man (29) accused of raping 11-year-old girl denied bail
JOHANNESBURG - A 29-year-old man accused of the rape of an 11-year-old girl has been denied bail by the Boksburg Magistrates Court. Magistrate Sipho Manana delivered the verdict on Monday afternoon. The man was arrested last month after the child's family discovered that she had been violated and impregnated, allegedly by the man who is a family friend. Applause erupted from a public gallery packed with the victim's supporters from the Ugandan community when Magistrate Manana denied the accused bail. ALSO READ: The court found that the accused failed to prove exceptional circumstances for his release. This was a requirement for his bail in light of the seriousness of the offence. 'The state in this case is not obliged to produce evidence in the true sense. It is enough that the prosecutor has established the presence of a prima facie case against the applicant, which the applicant did not dispute or contradict.' Dressed in a grey Chicago Bulls basketball team hoody with a fresh-looking haircut, the confident-looking accused muttered, 'Thank you, your worship', before making his way back to the holding cells.
