Mistaken identity or rape?
Pini Bothoko | Tuesday March 7, 2023 06:00
A 22-year-old man from Mmapitse ward, Malatswae is in police custody facing a charge of rape after he was reported to the police for allegedly taking liberties with his girlfriend’s sister. Was it a case of mistaken identity or rape? The bizarre incident which has divided the siblings is being investigated as a case of rape by the Serowe police.
The Monitor is informed that after a scuffle with her boyfriend at a local bar, the furious woman left her lover and headed home. After a few hours of deep sleep, she was woken up by sexual activity, but to her surprise, as she came to consciousness the man on top of her was not her boyfriend. As investigations into the incident commence, the police are to determine whether the sexual act was a case of mistaken identity or whether the sister’s boyfriend had set out to sexually assault the complainant.
Serowe Police Station commander, Superintendent Poloko Oteng confirmed the incident occurred on Saturday night. “Yes is true we are investigating a case in which a Malatswae man is accused of raping his sister’s lover and the matter is still under investigation,” Oteng said.