A 29-year old teacher has been denied bail after appearing in court for raping a grade 6 pupil from Spark Primary School.
Bongani Timothy Ntuli, who is accused of raping a child at a school where he works, appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate Court on Wednesday, 09 June 2022.
It is alleged on 05 May 2022, the mother of the 12-year-old boy noticed some behavioral changes in the child, as he was not eating his favorite food. Later that day, she decided to sleep with him, and that is when she noticed that he was struggling to sleep and had some bleeding.
NPA Regional Spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said the mother noticed that money was withdrawn from her account, and when she confronted him, he informed the mother that he took the money to buy the teacher a PlayStation 4, for him to stop bullying him.
“The mother reported the matter to the police and Ntuli was arrested on 18 May 2022,” said Mahanjana.
Mahanjana said in court, the accused asked to be released on bail, however, the state prosecutor Lorinda van Pittius, told the court that it was not in the best interest of justice, for the accused to be released on bail because he was not yet suspended at the school and he might pose as a treat to the victim.
“Therefore, no exceptional circumstances were warranting his release on bail. The magistrate denied his bail, saying that the accused did not satisfy the court that it was in the interest of justice that he should be released on bail,”
The matter was postponed to 13 June 2022.
