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Empty benches inside the court.
A Limpopo pastor accused of raping two teenage girls had his bail application postponed to May in the Senwabarwana Magistrate’s Court. The pastor, whose details cannot be divulged to protect the identity of the victims, had the matter postponed for further investigations.
He allegedly raped the two 15-year-old girls under the pretext of attending a prayer service at his house.
The state and the defence have both concluded their arguments in the bail hearing.
The prosecutor Martin Teffo has said that the accused is a flight risk as he has travelled to the neighbouring countries and overseas.
“He went further to tell this court that, your worship, he has been outside the country to several other countries. Your worship, in the first affidavit, still in paragraph six, he says to the court ‘I do not have family or economic ties outside the Republic of South Africa’. However, later he filed a supplementary affidavit to say that ‘I do have relatives outside the Republic of South Africa, as I am also operating a church outside South Africa’. He says he has relatives outside.”
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The prosecutor said the accused is a flight risk as he has travelled to neighbouring countries and overseas.
