Guard admits to sodomising young boys
By Tando Mfengwana
21 November 2006
A private security guard pleaded guilty to nine counts of indecent assault in the Durban High Court on Friday.
Michael Mafika Bhengu sodomised nine young schoolboys aged between nine and 15 years since 2004 in the Overport area. In a statement Bhengu told just how he lured the boys by accusing them of stealing bicycles. In other cases he would threaten to kill them if they were to breathe a word to anyone about the attack.
According to a Daily News report Bhengu would target boys on their way home from school and then take the boys either to Kenilworth Road, the cemetery or an abandoned building. He would then order the boys to strip and indecently assault them. He would give the boys money or in some cases promise them toys.
Bhengu was arrested on November 13 when one of his victims saw him in Essenwood road and called the police.
Judge Kate Pillay said she wanted to know the effect of the incidents on the children before handing down a sentence. She said that in order to be fair to society and to Bhengu, she did not want to rush the matter.
Bhengu is to remain custody until December 20.
21 November 2006
A private security guard pleaded guilty to nine counts of indecent assault in the Durban High Court on Friday.
Michael Mafika Bhengu sodomised nine young schoolboys aged between nine and 15 years since 2004 in the Overport area. In a statement Bhengu told just how he lured the boys by accusing them of stealing bicycles. In other cases he would threaten to kill them if they were to breathe a word to anyone about the attack.
According to a Daily News report Bhengu would target boys on their way home from school and then take the boys either to Kenilworth Road, the cemetery or an abandoned building. He would then order the boys to strip and indecently assault them. He would give the boys money or in some cases promise them toys.
Bhengu was arrested on November 13 when one of his victims saw him in Essenwood road and called the police.
Judge Kate Pillay said she wanted to know the effect of the incidents on the children before handing down a sentence. She said that in order to be fair to society and to Bhengu, she did not want to rush the matter.
Bhengu is to remain custody until December 20.
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