Community Safety
How many cases of child rape have been struck off the roll in court between the 2014/15 and 2016/17 financial years and (b) what steps has his Department taken to ensure that these cases are appropriately investigated so that victims are protected and perpetrators convicted?
The South African Police Service informed me as follows:
(a)
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“DISMISSED CASES” – CHILD VICTIMS – WESTERN CAPE |
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Financial year |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
|
Withdrawn before court |
134 |
310 |
196 |
|
Withdrawn in court |
224 |
363 |
164 |
|
Not guilty |
29 |
104 |
2 |
(b) The Department of Community Safety’s Watching Brief Unit is also monitoring some identified cases to oversee police investigative effectiveness and efficiency. In this regard we have watching briefs over 4 child rape cases namely
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VICTIM |
ACCUSED |
POLICE STATION |
POSITION |
NEXT COURT DATE |
|
Stacha Arendse |
Randy Tango |
M/Plain |
In custody |
14/07/2017 |
|
Courtney Pieters |
Mortimer Saunders |
Elsies River |
In custody |
24/08/2017 |
|
Rene Roman |
Andrew Plaatjies |
Steenberg |
In custody |
23/06/2017 |
|
Minentle Lekhatha |
Xolani Lantu |
Strand |
In custody |
03/08/2017 |
