Kawa rape accused appears in high court
A man accused of raping Gauteng businesswoman Andy Kawa more than a decade ago made his first appearance in the Gqeberha high court on Friday.
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A man accused of raping Gauteng businesswoman Andy Kawa more than a decade ago made his first appearance in the Gqeberha high court on Friday.
Thirteen years ago, Andy Kawa — a businesswoman visiting from Johannesburg — was abducted in broad daylight while walking along Kings Beach in Gqeberha on December 9 2010. She was forced to strip naked, blindfolded and raped repeatedly over a 16-hour period by unknown assailants between sand dunes before she managed to escape in the early hours of the morning.
More than 13 years after Gauteng businesswoman Andy Kawa was raped along the Gqeberha beachfront, police have made a breakthrough by linking a suspect’s DNA from a stolen property case to the 2010 ordeal.
Police have finally made a breakthrough in the cold case involving rape survivor Andy Kawa.
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