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Limpopo constable charged with rape of her son denied bail

A video of the woman engaging in a sexual act with her then 10-year-old son went viral on social media in January and was met with outrage and condemnation.

LIMPOPO – The police constable accused of raping and sexually grooming her son was denied bail in the Vaalbank Magistrate’s Court earlier today (March 7).

The woman, who was filmed engaging in a sexual act with her then 10-year-old son, faces charges of rape of a minor, creating and distributing child pornography and sexual grooming of a child and is detained at the Dennilton SAPS.

Read more: Limpopo cop charged with rape of her son (10)

The spokesperson for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Lizzy Suping said the constable, who is stationed at the Groblersdal SAPS, was denied bail on the grounds that she does not have a fixed address and has also interfered with witnesses.

Suping said the boy child is being kept at a safe place after IPID’s application to remove the child from the family home was granted by the Groblersdal Children’s Court on February 13.

Internal police processes have already been implemented following the woman’s arrest on January 20 and will run parallel with the criminal investigation that has been taken over by IPID.

Suping said the case has been remanded to May 3 to allow for further investigation.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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