Durban - Police have arrested a 28-year-old suspect on charges of house robbery, rape and attempted theft of a motor vehicle following an attack on a 91-year-old man and his 53-year-old paraplegic daughter in their Park Rynie home in Scottburgh.
Provincial police spokesperson Jay Naicker said: “It is alleged that sometime between 10pm on Tuesday, 14 April, and the following morning at 2am, two unknown men broke a window and gained entry into the house. The occupants heard the sound of breaking glass and when the man went to investigate, he was confronted by the two suspects in the passage-way. They assaulted him and demanded money and computers. One of them took the nonagenarian with him to search the rooms, while the other took the man’s daughter into the bedroom. When the suspects left, the daughter was found naked in the room.”
Members of the Umzinto K9 Unit, Scottburgh Cluster Detective Task team and Crime Intelligence joined forces to identify and track down the suspects involved.
“On Thursday afternoon, at 4pm, a 28-year-old suspect was arrested at a tavern in Park Rynie. A cellphone and other property allegedly stolen during the house robbery, was recovered from him. He is in police custody and is due to appear in the Scottburgh Magistrates’ Court on Monday. He has since also been linked to a case of malicious injury to property and an assault in Park Rynie.”
Meanwhile, the team of police officials was also hunting for another two suspects who were involved in another house robbery in 2nd Street, Park Rynie, which had occurred the day before.
“One of them was arrested this morning in in shack dwelling in Oceanic Grove, Park Rynie. A 9mm pistol was recovered in his possession. A TV that had been stolen and sold to a foreign national, was recovered by investigators. The foreign national was charged with receiving stolen property and he paid an admission of guilt fine of two thousand rands. The arrested suspect will also appear in the Scottburgh Magistrates’ Court on Monday.”
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