Staff Reporter
A 24-YEAR-OLD Angolan man has been arrested and charged with statutory rape after he allegedly seduced a 13-year-old girl into having a relationship with him and had sexual intercourse with her on multiple occasions.
The alleged rapes occurred between December 2021 (unknown date) and Thursday, 3 March 2022 in the victim’s room at Eenyama village in the Ohangwena region.
The suspect allegedly had unlawfully and intentionally entered into a love relationship with the minor, who cannot give consent to a sexual act, and had sex with her on eight different occasions.
The suspect will appear in court in due course.
In another incident, a 35-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly raped a 45-year-old woman between 20:00 and 21:00 on Thursday at the Donkerhoek location in Khorixas.
It is alleged that the suspect entered the room where the victim was sleeping and raped her.
