After reading about the
incident in the local newspaper, a man from Maneneberg has been accused of
sodomising and robbed a man in a public park has given himself over to the
authorities. On Wednesday morning, a 22-year-old gangster walked into the Community
Service Centre (CSC) shortly before 8am to hand himself over to the police. Known
as ‘’Biggy’’, the man is an alleged member of the Fancy Boys gang and according
to his victim, also 22 of age, he tried to rob him but when he realised there
were no valuables to steal, he chose to rape him.
The traumatised victim opened up to
the local newspaper, on Tuesday, about this ordeal after keeping the secret
from his family for a week. On Sunday, 1 September, at around 3am, he was
walking home from an event, when Biggy cornered him in a park in Gamka Street
and held him at gunpoint to search him and after finding no valuables on him,
he forced him into a corner, said he man.
The victim said, he went home in pain and he kept quiet as he was
embarrassed about the ordeal. The man’s 43-year-old
uncle says he noticed a change in his nephew’s behaviour and after hearing what
had happened, the family reported the matter to police.
According to a source, cops were stunned when Biggy walked into the
station on Wednesday morning.
Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana, Police spokesperson, confirms the man handed
himself over and was arrested and will appear in court once charged.
By: Ellouise Muller
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