KWAZULU-NATAL. – The man at the centre of an investigation into alleged sexual offences in Hilton has been taken into custody.
Lt. Col. Paul Magwaza, police spokesperson, confirmed to Nuusflits that a 32-year-old man has been arrested for the alleged rape of a 15-year-old teenager in Hilton by a suspect known to her. Magwaza further confirmed that the accused appeared in the Pietermaritzburg magistrate's court today.
Brad Nathanson of Brad Nathanson Investigations says police have obtained several sworn statements and re-examined old case files dating back to 2017. He says 79 women have now come forward with their experiences. Nuusflits reported on 10 October that 74 women had come forward and that two criminal cases had been registered.
Nathanson thanked the women who came forward and asked people with information to contact him privately. Nathanson did not release the man's name or details of any formal charges in his statement.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
