Alleged crime
According to the charge sheet, the accused has been charged with two counts of rape and two counts of kidnapping.
On 20 November, the accused allegedly picked up the victims, aged 11 and 13, from Lotus Gardens in Atteridgeville, took them to a liquor store in Pretoria West, and then made his way to the Tshwane CBD, where he rented a hotel room.
There, it is alleged he raped both victims.
The youngest of the victims then managed to escape and alerted hotel security, the police said at the time.
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The police were alerted, and he was subsequently arrested. During his first court appearance, the accused told the court he did not want to waste the court's time and wanted to plead guilty to the charges.