The case against a Durbanville man accused of raping a four-month-old baby has been postponed due to illness.
|||Cape Town - A man accused of raping a four-month-old baby appeared in the Parow Regional Court on Tuesday.
The 54-year-old man's trial was postponed until August 29 because the magistrate was ill.
The State alleged that the baby's mother left her in the man's care on the night of October 19, while she went out, the Cape Argus reported.
A short while later, the constant crying of a baby was heard by a traffic officer living in the same complex.
The officer reportedly went to investigate and knocked on the door for about 10 minutes. When the man eventually opened the door, he claimed to have been sleeping. The baby was inside, wrapped in a blanket.
According to the newspaper, the baby's mother later changed her daughter's nappy and found blood.
She was checked medically and was found to have been raped.
The man, from Durbanville, has not yet been asked to plead. - Sapa