#CagedGirls: Family to sue Ministry of Police
SAHRC has sent family forms.
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has supplied the family whose three daughters were locked in a cage-like room at the Roodepoort Police Station with the forms needed to lay an official complaint with the Commission.
There is no certainty that the family has submitted the forms, nor is the Commission’s decision on the validity of the complaint known as yet.
Read more: #CagedGirls: Police shoot back but it doesn’t add up
Meanwhile, the family’s lawyer, James Human, has indicated that relatives of the three little girls (11-year-old twins, and a six-year-old) will be suing the Ministry of Police over the incident.
The parents of the girls were arrested on 11 July on charges that seem highly dubious. The three girls and their mother were locked in the room in question for two hours. According to Human it is alleged that there were seven other suspects locked up with them, one of whom was charged with rape.
Read more: #CagedGirls: Shocking facts about girls’ past exposed
It has also transpired that the youngest of the three girls was raped three years ago. The case made headline news and the rapist, Mathys van Zyl, was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. It was not his first sexual offence. The mother has told the Record that the three girls are traumatised all over again.
Do you perhaps have more information pertaining to this story? Email us at roodepoortrecord@caxton.co.za (remember to include your contact details) or phone us on 011 955 1130.
For free daily local news on the West Rand, also visit our sister newspaper websites
Remember to visit our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages to let your voice be heard!
