/ 7 January 2001

RAPE ACCUSED DOCTOR GETS BAIL

THE Johannesburg Regional Court has granted R10_000 bail to a doctor accused of raping his daughter, so he could continue assisting patients on an Aids drug programme. The doctor, who allegedly raped his daughter a month before her 16th birthday, was in custody for two months. Defence attorney Errol Goss alleged the girl had laid false charges because she resented the strict discipline imposed by her father.