The bail application proceedings of a 39-year-old former teacher and father accused of raping his own eight-year-old son could not proceed at his last court appearance on 29 March.
The man, who cannot be named in order to protect the victim, appeared briefly before Magistrate Lebogang Leshabane but his bail application could not be heard as the docket was not in court.
The case has been postponed to 11 April for a formal bail application at the Randburg Magistrates’ Court.
The accused has been in custody since 16 March after handing himself over to the police
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