Man accused of sharing videos of drugging, rape to appear in court

By Levy Masiteng 

A man accused of allegedly drugging and raping his wife — and a second suspect known to the first, with a similar modus operandi — are due to appear in the Boksburg Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

“The 34-year-old husband drugged, raped his wife, and distributed pornographic material of him performing sexual acts on her without consent on an exclusive social media channel over a period of five years.”

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“The victim appeared sedated and in a state of unconsciousness when these serious sexual offences were committed,” SAPS spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Amanda van Wyk said.

SAPS said the arrests followed a multi-disciplinary takedown operation after the national Serial and Electronic Crime Investigations team received an intelligence report from the National Crime Agency of the British High Commission in Cape Town.

That intelligence report was about “a