Trial date for man accused of murdering and raping his baby
This murder and rape shocked our community.
The court has finally set a date for the man from Welverdiend whom police arrested last year after the murder and rape of his eight-day-old baby girl.
He will appear in the High Court in Benoni on charges of murder and rape from 15 to 26 April.
Captain Jacques Nagel of the Carletonville Detectives Branch is the investigating officer.
The community was shocked when the police arrested the father (36) on charges of rape and murder on Friday, 9 June 2023.
The man had reportedly taken the fully clothed eight-day-old baby girl from her mother (37) and exited the back room they had rented the day before.
When he returned sometime later, the child was naked and injured.
The mother went to the woman living in the main house on the property and showed her the injured baby.
The woman phoned an ambulance and the police.
The ambulance transported the baby to Carletonville Hospital, where she died the following morning.
