Magoriapitse man arrested for raping 16-year-old neighbour
Pini Bothoko | Tuesday December 30, 2025 15:36
The incident occurred on Sunday after he allegedly called his teenage neighbour to his house where he subsequently raped her twice.
Narrating what transpired, Goodhope police station commander, Superintedent, Mogogi Mathaba, said it is alleged that the suspect initially asked the victim's parents' whereabouts and the little girl told him that they went to the lands.
'Later on the suspect allegedly called her into his bedroom where he subsequently raped her twice. After leaving his house the teenage girl went to report the matter to the police and the suspect was arrested thereafter,' he said
Mathaba said the suspect is currently in police custody for investigations and likely to be arrigned before Lobatse Magistrates Court sometime this week faced with a single count of rape.