A grade 12 pupil who was allegedly raped by her school principal at gunpoint in Ntabankulu survived a suicide attempt a day before her assailant was arrested by police. Speaking to DispatchLIVE (http://www.dispatchlive.co.za) on Sunday, the mother of the 21-year-old victim said she was saddened as her child’s future had been destroyed “by someone who was supposed to be a guardian”.