SIX men were arrested on Friday night in Upington after a nine-month old baby was raped and indecently assaulted, Northern Cape police said. Captain Cherelle Ehlers said in a statement on Sunday that the baby girl’s 16-year-old mother left the child in another person’s care around 10pm on Saturday night while she went out to buy food. When the baby’s grandmother arrived home, she found the child covered in blood. Ehlers said the six men, aged 39, 45, 24, 28, 66 and 32 were all arrested because they were so drunk that they were accusing each other of the crime. Blood samples were taken and would be sent for testing. Ehlers said the baby underwent surgery on Saturday and was still in a serious but stable condition in a Kimberley hospital. – Sapa
Saturday October 27, 2001