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Masiphumelele Informal Settlement. Photo: Brendan Magaar

Police are studying a sickening video of a man allegedly raping a pretty little girl.

The video clip allegedly shows how the man pins down the six-year-old girl and violently rapes her on her own bed.

The little girl’s neighbours in Masiphumelele are believed to have witnessed the stomach-churning sex attack as it was happening.

But instead of stopping the assault, they called police to witness the alleged attack.

Reports of the video only surfaced this week, moments before the accused’s rape trial was due to begin.

The accused appeared in the Wynberg Regional Court this week where he faces a charge of rape.

He was arrested on March 19 after cops were called to a house in Masiphumelele where they claim they caught him raping a little girl.

Cops had responded to a murder in the area when community members called them to the house.

When they arrived at the house, they claimed they saw the accused raping the girl and took photographs of the alleged rape before arresting him.

The accused’s rape trial was scheduled to begin and he was expected to enter a plea of not guilty on Wednesday.

But the matter was postponed after lawyers found out about the video of the alleged incident.

Prosecutor Greg Niemand told the court that he and the accused’s lawyer Liezel Zeeman wanted to watch the video before proceeding with the trial.

He told Magistrate Melinda Retief that whatever was on the clip could prove to be vital to the State’s case.

“It can only be positive and not negative in terms of taking the State’s case further,” said Niemand.

And depending on the content of the video clip, the accused may enter into a plea deal with the State.

Retief postponed the matter after Zeeman confirmed the State’s request. - Daily Voice