mrselfdestrukt's Journal: News Flash: Girl, 3, forced to watch rape.

Girl, 3, forced to watch rape
14/12/2005 22:26 - (SA)

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Durban - A seven-month pregnant woman was raped in front of her three-year-old daughter at her south coast home on Tuesday night.

South coast police on Wednesday reported that the woman and her daughter were asleep when a group of four robbers entered her house at Umgababa.

"Her husband was away at work. She awoke when she felt someone throttling her and demanding cash.

"She suddenly realised that there were four other males in the room and covered her face pretending to sleep," captain Gerald Mfeka explained.

The robbers then began searching the room for valuables.

"They left the room with some of her possessions. Another male who was armed undressed the victim and proceeded to rape her," Mfeka said.

Mfeka said the man also assaulted the child.

The woman and her daughter are receiving trauma counselling.