A man accused of raping a seven-year-old child will appear in Newcastle Magistrate's Court.
|||A man accused of raping a seven-year-old child will appear in Newcastle Magistrate's Court on Monday, KwaZulu-Natal police said.
The 28-year-old man remained in custody after his last court appearance on Monday, Lieutenant-Colonel Vincent Mdunge said in a statement on Thursday.
On Friday, the man allegedly followed the child – who was walking to a nearby shop – until she passed some bushes on the side of the road in Siyahala Ward, Newcastle.
He then assaulted the child and raped her. – Sapa