GAUTENG. – A 49-year-old police sergeant from Honeydew is accused of raping a female family member when she was between 14 and 16 years old. His bail application was postponed to 28 October in the Protea magistrate's court on Monday.
Lizzy Suping, an IPID spokesperson, says the sergeant was taken into custody on 23 October. According to IPID, the woman lived under the care of her aunt, who was married to the accused, after both her parents died. The alleged sexual offences took place between 2022 and October 2024. The accused allegedly sexually assaulted her while her aunt was in hospital and threatened and intimidated her to remain silent. He allegedly also gave her money to prevent her from disclosing the alleged incidents.
The sergeant is standing trial on charges of rape and sexual grooming for purposes of sexual exploitation. He was held at the Moroka holding cells before his first court appearance.
IPID recorded 116 cases of alleged rape by police officials in the 2025/2026 financial year, compared with 95 in the previous financial year. Gauteng recorded the second highest number with 21 cases, after the Eastern Cape.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
