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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A 34-year-old ANC secretary, in a ward north of Johannesburg, is charged with the rape of a 16-year-old girl.<\/p>\n

This was heard on Tuesday morning when the man appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court.<\/p>\n

In a written affidavit read out by the accused’s lawyer – before court proceedings were adjourned due to load shedding – the ANC ward official said the State had no case against him.<\/p>\n

“The State’s case against me is weak. I was not arrested while committing any offence whatsoever, nor was I at the crime scene.<\/p>\n

“It occurs to me that the case was opened in November, which was days or months from when the incident is alleged to have happened.<\/p>\n

“I have never had any intercourse with the complainant, nor was I linked to the offence with DNA,” his affidavit read.<\/p>\n

The accused, who was arrested on 2 December, said he learnt that he was charged with the rape of a 16-year-old girl living in the same yard, after he received a call from a police officer who asked him to hand himself over at the police station.<\/p>\n

He said that, on arrival at the station, he found there was another rape case, which had been opened against another man at the same police station.<\/p>\n

“The [complainant] alleged that she was raped by another male a few months prior to my arrest.<\/p>\n

“I thought the police had made a mistake with my identity, and advised the police that the person she had accused of rape was not me.<\/p>\n

“I gave [the police] my identity card to show them, but they said the rape occurred in February, and that the rape I was accused of happened in July, and that both cases had separate dockets,” the affidavit read.<\/p>\n

The accused, though, continued to deny any involvement, and said: “It is my belief that had [the complainant] been raped the second time she would have known to give the police DNA, and her waiting for a later time to report the case is indicative that I have never raped her.”<\/p>\n

The victim’s father previously told News24 that he only found out about the alleged rape when his daughter confided in him on her birthday, a month after the ordeal.<\/p>\n

The father, who cannot be named to protect the minor’s identity, said he did not know the exact date and place of the incident, telling News24:<\/p>\n

In court, the accused said there were conflicting versions about what happened.<\/p>\n

“In my statement to the police, I denied any involvement in any offence whatsoever. I was given conflicting versions of what happened.<\/p>\n

“In one version, I was told that I invited her on a date and raped her [sometime on] 14 October. That is impossible as I do not have contact details to contact her, [and] if I had taken her out on a date, someone could have seen us together and would corroborate her version of events, which is not possible as it never happened.<\/p>\n

“In the second version, I was told I raped her where we lived in the same yard [sometime in] July. We stayed in a yard with other people. I would have never been able to grab and rape her, without other people seeing me,” the affidavit said.<\/p>\n

The matter continues.<\/p>\n

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