Defilement on the rise in Machaneng area
Monday, May 15, 2023 | 150 Views |
Even though he did not have detailed statistics Machaneng Police Station commander, Superintendent Gagopale Gaselarona said they are investigating cases of defilement in which a 12-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl were defiled in Serafhe and Chadibe villages respectively last week.
“Cases of defilement remain a concern in our policing area. Every week we record two to three cases of defilement with the perpetrators being mature, older men who had proposed a relationship to the minors,” Gaselarona said.
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