Windhoek
A young man who allegedly terrorised three schoolgirls on their way home from school in September 2010 made his second appearance in the Windhoek High Court in a pre-trial hearing.
The State alleges that Rudolf Goagoseb threatened the girls, who may not be named to protect their identity, with a broken bottle along a footpath in the bush near Okahandja on September 29, 2010.
He then ordered them to undress and proceeded to put his privates into the mouths of the three girls, the indictment reads. After he did that he ordered one of the girls to lie down on her back and violated the young girl, it is stated. When he was done with her he allegedly pulled one of the other girls towards him, struck her with a clenched fist on the cheek, forced her to lie down on her back, suffocated her and twisted her neck.
He then again forced the first girl to lie down on her back and raped her for the second time. He also struck the third girl on her chest with a clenched fist.
While he was busy violating the first girl for the second time, the other two girls managed to escape and alerted members of the community who apprehended him.
The incident sent shockwaves through not only the town of Okahandja at the time, but throughout the country, with calls for the culprit to be castrated.
Goagoseb is now facing five counts of rape, one count of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm and one count of attempted murder in the High Court.
He previously appeared in the Okahandja Magistrate’s Court where he was released on a warning as he was still underaged.
He is currently in custody in Karibib on an unrelated offence.
Goagoseb is represented by Khadila Amoomo on instructions from the Department of Legal Aid.