{"id":285011,"date":"2019-12-17T08:21:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T06:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=285011"},"modified":"2019-12-17T08:21:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T06:21:11","slug":"lawyer-suggests-toddler-might-have-inflicted-injuries-herself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=285011","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer suggests toddler might have inflicted injuries herself"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eba Kandovazu &amp; Marthina Mutanga<\/p>\n<p>THE lawyer representing the 45-year-old Warren du Pont, accused of raping a three-year-old girl suggested to the investigating officer under cross examination that the victim might have inflected injuries to her genitalia by herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Du Pont started with a formal bail application to the Windhoek Magistrate\u2019s Court on Friday. The matter continued on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A medical report before court indicates that the victim&#8217;s hymen was broken and that penetration had occurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When exactly the alleged rape occurred remains a mystery. The accused person was arrested on 2 December and has been in custody since.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-12-03-at-16.25.43.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-284430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-12-03-at-16.25.43.jpeg 621w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-12-03-at-16.25.43-182x300.jpeg 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><figcaption>Pictured: Warren du Pont accused of raping a three-year-old girl. &#8211; Photo: File<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"js_1\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The investigating officer, Sargeant Aindongo indicated to the court that the child had informed her teacher that she experienced pain and discomfort.<br \/>Upon further probing, the child identified the alleged perpetrator as her mother&#8217;s friend.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He touched me there. He put things there. Yes, it hurt so much. I told him to stop but he didn&#8217;t. I was bleeding,&#8221; an extract from the victim&#8217;s testimony was read in court.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Du Pont&#8217;s legal representative argued that the allegations against his client are mere hearsay and as such inadmissible. Advocate Louis Botes further argued that his client was arrested without a proper warrant of arrest. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The witness however responded by saying that hearsay evidence in cases in domestic violence cases involving minors is admissible in court. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did it ever occur to you that there is a possibility that the pain the victim experienced was self-inflicted? That she used her own fingers or other objects like sticks in her vagina?&#8221; Advocate Botes put it to the investigating officer. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bail application is set to continue before Magistrate Jolla Gawanab.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":284431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lawyer suggests toddler might have inflicted injuries herself - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE lawyer representing the 45-year-old Warren du Pont, accused of raping a three-year-old girl suggested to the investigating officer under cross examin...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=285011\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawyer suggests toddler might have inflicted injuries herself - 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