Fake prophet to appear in court for rape
When they arrived at a certain spot, he began to perform his injunctions giving the victim some concoction to drink, where he told her to undress so that he could apply some on her body and that is when he raped her.
A 52-year-old man who is alleged to have sexually abused a 20-year-old woman under the pretext of being a prophet at Oakley Trust, near Mkhuhlu outside Hazyview was arrested yesterday
According to Sergeant Gerald Sedibe , the incident happened on Monday. This follows after the woman who was ill went to seek for help from the “prophet” accompanied by her boyfriend. The suspect then took them to the bushes under false pretext that he was going to pray for her and instructed the boyfriend to go back along the way.
The matter was reported to the police and the ”prophet” was arrested and is expected to appear at the Mkhuhlu Magistrate’s Court today facing a charge of rape.
“The police in Mpumalanga are hereby warning women to be on the alert of false prophets or pastors who take them to secluded areas or order them to undress under false pretext that they are praying for them. Such incidents should be reported to the police as soon as possible. Several cases have been registered in the province wherein women were raped under the same modus operandi,” said Sedibe.
