The neighbour of a mute five-year-old girl will appear in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate Court today after he allegedly lured her from her home with a promise to buy her sweets and then tried to rape her.
According to police spokesperson Slogan Matheus the incident happened at the town’s Tseiblaagte residential area on Monday at about 14:00.
The 30-year-old man allegedly told the girl that they were going to sell empty bottles at a local shop and that he would then buy her some sweets.
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