Two Free State officers in court in connection with guesthouse rape
Two Free State police officers appeared in the Kroonstad Magistrate's Court in connection with a rape that was reported at a guesthouse.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) said the officers, both 25, were arrested after the alleged rape at the guesthouse in Kroonstad on 8 June.
IPID spokesperson Phaladi Shuping said the two officers allegedly met two women, both aged 21, at a nightclub where they had been drinking.
'They later agreed to go together to the guesthouse. One police officer allegedly raped one of the women, and a case was opened,' Shuping said.
The officers face charges of rape and conspiracy to rape.
Shuping said one of the officers was provisionally released pending further investigation.
Meanwhile, the case against the second officer was postponed to 19 June for a bail application.
The two officers are stationed at Bloemspruit and Heuningspruit.
Earlier this week, a 59-year-old police captain employed as a firearms trainer at the Tshwane police academy in Pretoria West was granted R8 000 bail.
The captain, who had been employed at the SA Police Service for 31 years, is facing charges of rape and sexual assault.
It is alleged that the officer allegedly raped a 20-year-old trainee and sexually assaulted a 29-year-old trainee.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said the State opposed his release on bail.
'The court, however, found that it was in the best interest of justice for the accused to be released on bail with conditions,' Mahanjana said.
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