By Alex Eliseev
These are the faces of Vaughn Dooms and Kester de Vos, the Johannesburg metro police officers arrested for having sex with a 16-year-old girl and filming it on a cellphone.
Dooms, 27, and De Vos, 22, have been arrested for contravening the Films and Publication Act by making child pornography.
They appeared in court briefly earlier this month and were released on bail of R2 000 each.
The girl may have been drugged before she had sex with the men
They will appear again on June 5.
The men are suspected of being involved in filming the Eldorado Park teenager, distributing the footage and placing it on the Internet.
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The footage, which was captured in February, took place when the men were off duty.
It was played in the girl's school playground, and showed her wearing her uniform and a police cap before she had sex with several men.
It was reported that the 16-year-old girl may have been drugged before she had sex with the men.
'We will not tolerate any form of corruption'
The teenager is in police custody.
The Johannesburg metro police department (JMPD) announced on Wednesday that Dooms and De Vos had been suspended and would appear at a disciplinary hearing.
The men were also ordered to hand over their badges, guns and appointment cards. They were also forbidden to wear their uniforms.
Both had completed their basic training and qualified as JMPD officers in June last year.
They were selected from a large group of applicants and were promising police officers. Their training course included community policing and ethics.
JMPD Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said: "We are very disappointed at this horrible incident. We are taking this extremely seriously. We owe it to the girl and her family.
"They have brought the image of the JMPD into disrepute, which is what they have been charged with," Minnaar said. "We are supposed to go out and protect teenagers.
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