{"id":242275,"date":"2022-11-08T10:08:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T08:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/prosecutor-in-court-for-failing-to-report-sexual-offence\/"},"modified":"2022-11-08T10:08:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T08:08:50","slug":"prosecutor-in-court-for-failing-to-report-sexual-offence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/prosecutor-in-court-for-failing-to-report-sexual-offence\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor in court for failing to report sexual offence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) prosecutor has appeared in the Humansdorp Magistrates’ Court for failing to report a sexual offence against a child.<\/p>\n

NPA regional spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali, said the prosecutor was released on a warning and will be back in the court later this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cA 54-year-old regional court control prosecutor, Vicky Rossouw, appeared in the Humansdorp Magistrates’ Court, charged with contravention of Section 54(1)(a) of the Sexual offences Act, 32 of 2007.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The Act] provides that a person who knows that a sexual offence has been committed against a child must report the alleged offence to the police. The State is alleging that she had knowledge that an offence of rape, incest and sexual assault was committed against a child, but she failed to immediately report it to the police,\u201d Tyali said.<\/p>\n

He said the NPA is also pursuing internal processes regarding the prosecutor\u2019s alleged behaviour.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NPA views this case in a very serious light and has commenced internal labour relations processes against the prosecutor.  The enrolment of this case against one of our own is a clear indication that if there is enough evidence of a commission of a crime against anyone, the NPA will prosecute without fear, favour or prejudice,\u201d Tyali said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a 38-year-old police official has been refused bail in the Pretoria North Magistrates’ Court for the alleged rape of a 15-year-old boy.<\/p>\n

NPA regional spokesperson, Lumka Mahanjana, said the man \u2013 Sergeant Elvis Hlungwani Mihloti \u2013 is attached to the SAPS\u2019 Rapid Railway Response Unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is alleged that\u2026 while the minor was with his friends, Mihloti allegedly took the child and drove with him to different taverns and later went to Vicks Tavern in Soshanguve. While at the tavern drinking, it is alleged that Mihloti asked the boy to accompany him to check if his car was still parked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they arrived at his car, the boy passed out and when he regained consciousness in the wee hours of the morning, he found himself in Mihloti\u2019s bed, where Mihloti was busy raping him. He then instructed him to get dressed and promised to drop him off at home. On their way to the victim\u2019s home, Mihloti stopped on the M17 and pulled the boy out of the car and drove off,\u201d Mahanjana said.<\/p>\n

She explained that the man was arrested after the incident was reported to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe uncle took the boy to hospital after he overheard the boy telling his male neighbour, who is said to be a close friend of the accused, what had happened to him and later reported the matter to the police,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mihloti has been denied bail and is expected back in court on December 7. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) prosecutor has appeared in the Humansdorp Magistrates’ Court for failing to report a sexual offence against a child. NPA regional spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali, said the prosecutor was released on a warning and will be back in the court later this month. \u201cA 54-year-old regional court control prosecutor, Vicky Rossouw, appeared […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-242275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prosecutor-in-court-for-failing-to-report-sexual-offence.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}