The case has been postponed to afford the suspect a chance to appoint his on legal counsel to represent him.

The 53-year-old man stands accused of raping a 12-year-old schoolgirl from the Leretlhabetse Primary School on Friday 15 November.

Police spokesperson, Motantsi Makhele, previously told OFM News that according to information, the girl was sleeping over at the house of the suspect while he and his wife were sitting outside having drinks before the incident. Makhele said the alleged rape incident happened on Friday night at the residence of the suspect and it was only reported on Sunday when he was arrested.

On Wednesday 20 November, school pupils from this school marched to the Local Magistrate’s Court, protesting against the incident.

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This is the second incident reported within days in the province after a female after-care teacher (28) was arrested for the same crime involving a 13-year-old schoolboy from Brandwag Primary School in Bloemfontein on Friday 15 November.

Meanwhile, Makhele further alluded that the wife of the suspect in Koffiefontein found him naked inside the room and attacked him before the matter was reported to the police. "It is alleged that the 12-year-old victim was sleeping in the bedroom while the 53-year-old suspect was sitting outside with his wife drinking. The suspect then went inside the house and headed straight to the bedroom where the victim was," he adds.

"The wife of the suspect came in and found the suspect naked in the bedroom with the victim. She hit the suspect with her fists and the mother of the victim, who was in another house, came to fetch her daughter and left," Makhele adds.

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