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Boy (10) raped by five Man and four teenagers arrested Madli.Grobbelaar madli.grobbelaar@volksblad.com
A ten-year-old boy was brutally raped by an adult man and four teenage boys on Sunday (29/01). At approximately 16:30, the five suspects, wearing blankets and walking with dogs, approached a few boys swimming in a pond in an open space between 2010 Village and Phumlane in Thabong. The boys immediately fled, but the ten-year-old boy got stuck in the pond and the suspects caught up to him. They then forced the boy to hold on to a pole while they raped him. After the ordeal, the boy fled the scene and reported the incident. He was rushed to a hospital and the police were summoned. The boy has since been released from hospital. One man (21) was arrested on Monday (30/01) in connection with the crime. The four other suspects, who are minors aged between 14 and 16, were also arrested. They were later released into the custody of their parents. The 21-year-old man was expected to appear in the Welkom Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday (01/02). The four minors will meet with social workers as part of the preliminary investigation.
Skade van derduisende rande is aan die huis van Eben Griffiths van Welkom aangerig. Niks kon uit die huis gered word nie.
Brand saai algehele verwoesting Molly Green molly.green@volksblad.com
Eben Griffiths, wat die afgelope 20 jaar bestuurder van Vrystaat Vleis in Welkom is, se huis is in ’n brand verwoes. “ ’n Mens hoor van huise wat in brande verwoes is, maar as so iets jou self tref, is jy platgeslaan. Dit is ’n skok wat ’n mens nie maklik verwerk nie,” sê hy. Die gesin het op Dinsdag 24 Januarie by Eben se skoonouers op ’n plaas naby Wesselsbron gekuier. Dié
aand omstreeks 21:40 het ’n vriend gebel en gesê hulle huis brand. “Toe ons daar kom, was die brandweer reeds op die toneel, maar daar was niks oor nie,” sê Eben. Die brand is vermoedelik deur ’n kortsluiting veroorsaak. Eben het gelukkig versekering en hy, sy vrou, Anneri, en kinders, Estian (15) en Anke (12), bly nou in ’n gastehuis. “Hoe lank dit die versekering gaan neem om uit te betaal, weet ek ongelukkig nie,” voeg Eben by.
Al die meubels is in die brand verwoes.
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Foto’s: Molly Green
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