The cops left her there with a rapist...

M

mancombseepgood

Executive Member
Joined
Jun 1, 2004
Messages
9,351
Reaction score
2
Location
.
http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=226400

2008/07/18

A HORRIFIED rape victim, locked in with her attacker who had passed out, pleaded with police officers she thought would rescue her: “Please, do not leave me.”

But they told her they would be committing a crime if they broke into the Mdantsane house – and drove off.

Two hours later they returned and asked if the 25-year-old Mdantsane woman was still there. Yes, she told them, and again begged them to help.

But they left for a second time, assuring her they would be back with tools to break in. And this time they did not return.

After six terrifying hours, a passerby rushing to catch a taxi to work heard her screams and phoned her neighbour, Gift Mabaso, chairperson of the Inyibiba Police Station community police forum.

Together, they went to the police station and reported the drama. “The police told us that they had already dispatched a police van to rescue her,” said Mabaso, “but the police had failed her.”

Before the police could arrive a third time, the victim escaped when the suspect’s girlfriend unlocked the gates and walked in at about 7am.

The victim went straight to the police station to lay a charge.

Her ordeal started at about 1.30am on Monday when she and two male friends were offered a lift home by her alleged attacker after a night out at a popular entertainment spot in Zone 15.

“We first went to drop off my two male friends and later we drove back to where I am staying,” she said, reliving the nightmare at her home in NU 16 yesterday. On the way they chatted freely but he refused to take the turn-off to her house. She asked where he was taking her. His response was: “You will have to pay for the lift.”

“I thought he was joking when he said he was taking me to his house so that I can pay … On the way to his house he was beating me up. I tried to fight back to stop him but he kept on driving fast until we reached his house, where he threw me onto the ground and beat me again.

“He pushed me into his house and beat the hell out of me. I cried, asking what was my sin.”

Then he dragged her to the main bedroom where the alleged rape took place. “He told me to take off my clothes and forced himself onto me. After the rape he passed out ….”

When she regained her strength she checked the doors but they were locked.

She searched unsuccessfully for keys so she used her cellphone to call the police. “They asked me for the address of the house. I told them I didn’t know it. Then I found a letter with the address, gave it to them and they came. But they told me they could not break into the house to rescue me because they would be committing a crime. I screamed as they drove away.”

When they returned two hours later, “I begged them to come to my rescue; instead, they said they will come with tools to break in and save me; they never came back”.

Police spokesperson Leon Fortune confirmed a case of rape had been opened. He could not comment on the allegations of negligence. “We want the victim to come and report this so that we can hold hearings to find the wrongdoers,” he said.

Masimanyane Women’s Support’s Lesley-Ann Foster condemned the police’s actions. “Women in this country have got no value. If it was a stolen property they would have responded swiftly to save it but it’s a rape victim so they do nothing – it’s absurd,” she said.

A suspect has been arrested.
Click to expand...
 
I hope those policemen who left her there are jailed in rooms with serial rapists.
 
That's disgusting! How could the police not act?! So if someone was being murdered in a house with the front door locked the police would just say, "Sorry, no can do. That would be breaking and entering?!" It is their DUTY to investigate! Even if it were a sick "prank call" they are still obliged to investigate it! Do people's lives mean nothing to them?!

Those cops should be held accountable! They could've helped her, but obviously that was too much effort and paperwork!

Aaaaaaaargh!
 
Uncool.. A job is not more important than protecting someone from rape..
 
what's up with this dumb CNT commnet ?

Masimanyane Women’s Support’s Lesley-Ann Foster condemned the police’s actions. “Women in this country have got no value. If it was a stolen property they would have responded swiftly to save it but it’s a rape victim so they do nothing – it’s absurd,” she said.
Click to expand...
Always pro women this pro women that, sure treat the women with a little more respect but people are so goddammned quick to pull the gender card! and the same goes for the race card!

Stop tossing about and go solve some crimes !
 
dotnerd said:
what's up with this dumb CNT commnet ?


Always pro women this pro women that, sure treat the women with a little more respect but people are so goddammned quick to pull the gender card! and the same goes for the race card!

Stop tossing about and go solve some crimes !
Click to expand...

I can tell those woman, that if it was a man that was raped, the cops probably woulda laughed
 
yeah i bet.

There seriously someting wrong with the ethics of the people that are supposed to protect us
 
Eish, the policemen were just tired....

Sometimes it's tea time or lunch time and the nurses who were assisting you with
saving someone's life (resuscitation) decide to disappear. Its not really news....
 
That's awful! One has to wonder how many times those policemen had to be rapped over the knuckles for petty process problems for them to leave a women in a situation like that.
 
They shouldn't just be reprimanded, but fired. They have failed to fulfil their first and most basic objective, which is to uphold the law and protect citizens from harm. Disgusting!
 
Zenbaas said:
They shouldn't just be reprimanded, but fired. They have failed to fulfil their first and most basic objective, which is to uphold the law and protect citizens from harm. Disgusting!
Click to expand...

Agreed, them and those who taught them such rubbish.
 
Pretty pathetic really, one wonders if this rapist will even be brought to book. The chances of the entire case being bungled are frighteningly high which is probably why crime continues unabated..
 
ok i understand about the cops and all but wtf in this country do you accpet a lift from a stranger?

why did her 2 male friends let her get dropped off first?

while the rapist is a piece of crap, ppl need to be more careful in this country

i mean surely they know this?
 
There is an attitude among many SOuth Africans, to give up if something is too difficult or seems too hard. I've worked in the medical field and have seen this in action so many times I've grown to be suprised when someone actually does the job they are told or tries more than once or even just tries and gives it their best effort. This is an example
of some cops who were (in their probable words) "too tired" to get it right. They just couldn't be bothered, its pure laziness.

These same cops will be protecting the tourists in 2010 from knife/gun/ak47 wielding bandits.
 
Last edited:
That is totally disgusting, the police are meant to be there to serve and protect the public, what these cops did is unacceptable and they should be charged in some way!!!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X