The rape victim of gang leader Rashied Staggie is under police guard in hospital while two suspects and her boyfriend are in custody.
|||Cape Town - The rape victim of gang leader Rashied Staggie is on life support and under police guard in hospital while two men suspected of having shot her and her boyfriend are in custody.
The couple were on their way home in Red River Road in Manenberg on Tuesday evening when they were gunned down.
The woman was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition while her boyfriend died on the scene.
“She is on life support. It has been very painful for both families,” the woman’s brother said last night.
He said their mother had been deeply shocked by Tuesday’s shooting.
“She went to see my sister in hospital yesterday. My sister has since been moved to another hospital,” he said.
Police spokesman Tembinkosi Kinana confirmed the woman was moved to another hospital for her own safety and was being guarded.
“Two suspects aged 20 and 21 were arrested. One appeared in court today (Thursday) and the other will be appearing in court on Friday,” he said.
Staggie, who has served 10 years of his 15-year jail sentence, is to be let out on day-parole from September 24. He and co-accused Randall Bosch were convicted in 2003 of the kidnapping and gang rape of the Mitchells Plain woman.
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