A 45-year-old man is expected to appear before the Odendaalsrus magistrate’s court in the Free State on Tuesday for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old.
Police spokesperson Captain Stephen Thakeng said the man, a relative of the victim’s mother, sent the child to a nearby shop. The child later told her mother that after returning from the shop, the man sexually assaulted her.
“After a while, the mother heard the child screaming and rushed to investigate,” said Thakeng.
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