DNA Exonerates Limpopo Man Accused of Impregnating A 13-Year-Old Girl
A 28-year-old Limpopo man Ditebogo Frans Gololo, accused of impregnating a 13-year-old girl has been excluded from being the father of a baby boy born on Christmas Day last year.
Gololo appeared at the Seshego Magistrate’s Court on Monday facing charge of statutory rape as well as sexual grooming of a minor, however, the sexual grooming charge was dropped due to lack of evidence.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) regional spokesperson in Limpopo, Mashudu Malabi Dzhangi, said that the state has obtained DNA results that exclude Gololo as the father of the child.
“The accused was charged with the statutory rape by Seshego Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit on Thursday, December 26, 2024. The docket will be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions for directives,” Dzhangi said.
The case has been postponed to May 5, at Seshego Magistrate’s Court. Gololo has since been released on bail of R1 500
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According to reports, the victim and the suspect met at a shopping complex in Seshego in January 2024 and began communicating until they became intimate in May 2024.
The minor only revealed the incident to her aunt after she experienced complications, and later in November 2024, medical tests confirmed she was eight months pregnant, thus ultimately giving birth to a baby boy on Christmas Day, 25 December 2024.
The police were informed about the incident and the suspect was swiftly arrested by Seshego Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit on Thursday, December 26, 2024.