WESTERN CAPE. – A 25-year-old e-taxi driver was allegedly abducted and raped on Saturday by two women and three men. Steenberg police traced the man and arrested the suspects.
According to police, the victim's brother said the suspects demanded R4 000 for the victim's release. Police found him using his vehicle's tracking system on Southampton Road in Heathfield. Two women, aged 23 and 34 respectively, as well as three men aged 16, 42 and 48, were arrested. The victim had met one of the women through his work, after which they stayed in contact and agreed to meet each other on Saturday. The crime was committed during that meeting.
The five suspects are expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Monday.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
