Man due to appear in court for rape and attempted murder

By Nomava Nobumba
22 December 2009

A 25 year old man is due to appear in the George Magistrate’s court today on charges of rape and attempted murder.

This is after he and his accomplice entered a house in George and confronted the couple at the weekend.

One of the suspects took the 65 year old male victim outside and strangled him. The victim is currently in hospital.

They then stab the 64 year old female victim several times in the abdomen and once in her neck.

Police’s Captain Bernadine Styne says the victim had a rope around her neck.

She was also taken to a hospital where she is in a critical condition.

Styne says when police arrived on the scene in Takbok Street, Denneoord they found the husband outside the house and his wife in the main bedroom.

“We are investigating the possibility that she might have been raped during the incident,” said Styne.

The suspects also searched the house and several items were put in bags but not taken.

“No sign of forced entry could be found” adds Styne.

The suspect was arrested at a house in Thembalethu yesterday afternoon. While the second one is still at large.