A 24-year-old arrested for attempted rape

Mluleki Mrwebi
24 February 2014

A 24-year-old man was arrested over the weekend by the Butterworth police this is after he tried to rape a 20-year-old woman. 

Police Spokesperson Jackson Manatha said the woman was on her way home from a local shop when she came across the suspect. 

The 24-year-old man is expected to appear in the Butterworth Magistrate Court on a charge of attempted rape.

Manatha said she was accosted by a man who wanted her cell phone initial but when he could not get the phone he tried to rape her but traffic officials appeared and gave chase then he was arrested. 

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