EASTERN CAPE – Excellent collaboration between a private security company, neighbourhood watch and police resulted in the speedy arrest of an alleged rape suspect on the N2 freeway, this morning, 20 July 2020.
The victim managed to go home and report the incident. The private security company immediately patrolled the vicinity in search of the suspect. The suspect (29) was found on the N2 freeway near Baywest. The stolen cellphone was found in his possession. He was arrested and detained on a charge of rape and robbery.
He is expected to appear in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 22 July 2020.