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Rape suspects drop bail bid

Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailApril 15, 2013No Comments2 Mins Read
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The three men accused of gang raping a 17-year-old Extension 9 girl abandoned their bail application in the Grahamstown Magistrate's Court yesterday.

Community members had organised a march to coincide with yesterday's expected bail bid. The three men aged 27, 28 and 29, appeared briefly in court.

The three men accused of gang raping a 17-year-old Extension 9 girl abandoned their bail application in the Grahamstown Magistrate's Court yesterday.

Community members had organised a march to coincide with yesterday's expected bail bid. The three men aged 27, 28 and 29, appeared briefly in court.

 

Since their arrests on 5 April, friends and Extension 9 neighbours have held several meetings to organise opposition to their bail application.

The young girl who was found in a house in Extension 9, wrapped in a carpet with a number of stab wounds to her upper body, is still in hospital after the brutal attack.

She was due to be released from hospital last week but her stay had to be prolonged so doctors could help rehabilitate her right arm and leg.

Extension 9 residents packed the Magistrate's Court yesterday to protest the bail application.

Residents were horrified by what had happened.

The girl's mother said she had been found wrapped in a carpet in a house in Extension 9 a day after the incident.

People living in the house had heard her moaning and had gone to investigate. The young girl was stabbed twice in the back of her neck and is currently unable to use her right arm and leg, her mother said.

She was taken to Settlers' Hospital and then transferred to Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth shortly after the 22 March attack, but she was soon transferred back to Settlers' Hospital.

The case was postponed to next week for further investigation.

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