DIS agent accused of daughter rape
Larona Makhaiza | Thursday October 23, 2025 12:23
The spy agent (names witheld) is accused of having sexually assaulted his own daughter (names withheld), who happens to be a minor, between March 1 and 31 early this year.
It is alleged that the accused sexually assaulted the young child at their homestead in Block 10 on numerous occasions.
Following his earlier arraignment and bail application pending ruling earlier this week, the accused, represented by Blessing Davedi, pleaded with the Regional Magistrate Mareledi Dipate to hold onto the bail ruling.
The defence pleaded with the magistrate to give them a grace period to further augment their reasons for the bail application.
“We would like to tender an affidavit before the court on October 27, as I was instructed by my client that he wants to make further submissions in his bail application,” Davedi said.
One of their grounds to augment their submissions for bail, the defence said on the day of arraignment, the DIS agent was without legal representation, which automatically puts him at a disadvantage to be granted bail.
“We need to make more additions as we noticed one or two issues that we need to add because he was not represented the last time, and that alone might prejudice him. So we will be applying on October 27,” he said.
Prosecutions on the other end were left perplexed by what the defence was applying for citing that they do not understand why they are undertaking the route since the matter was scheduled for arraignment.
Meanwhile, Magistrate Dipate, who questioned whether it is really proper for the defence to move the application when he had already prepared his ruling, seconded the State. In response, Davedi stayed on course and prayed that the court be lenient to them.
With the parties involved wondering if it's proper to hold off on the ruling and hear submissions once more, Dipate adjourned the matter for next week. “I want the parties to establish if it is proper to amend the bail application pending the ruling. So we will convene on October 28 for that very reason,” Dipate ordered.
The case continues.