{"id":395276,"date":"2017-06-12T12:46:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T12:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/12\/south-african-girl-in-court-for-killing-alleged-rapist\/"},"modified":"2017-06-12T12:46:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T12:46:18","slug":"south-african-girl-in-court-for-killing-alleged-rapist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/12\/south-african-girl-in-court-for-killing-alleged-rapist\/","title":{"rendered":"South African girl in court for killing alleged rapist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/96446883_anti_rape_march.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A 17-year-old girl, who handed herself in to South African police, is expected to appear in court, accused of killing a man who allegedly tried to rape her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was on her way to a local tavern when she was allegedly attacked by the deceased and fought back,\u201d police colonel Moatshe Ngoepe told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>The young woman stabbed the 21-year-old man, after overpowering him during a struggle, police say.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has one of the highest incidences of rape in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, who is a minor under South African law and cannot be named, would be assigned a social worker and possibly a trauma counsellor to assist with the case, according to the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was visibly distraught when she arrived at the police station and will receive the necessary care given in such cases,\u201d said Mr Ngoepe.<\/p>\n<p>The woman will appear in court in Tzaneen, a small town in Limpopo province near the village where the incident took place.<\/p>\n<p>She is expected to tell the court that she acted in self-defence.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC\u2019s Pumza Fihlani says such pleas must pass a high legal threshold to be accepted, with the defendant having to prove that there were extenuating circumstances involved and that killing was the only option available at the time.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s laws on self-defence have faced criticism in the past, with some legal analysts saying the law should offer more support to those forced to fight off attacks in a society with a high crime rate.<\/p>\n<p>But some legal scholars have argued it is precisely because of this high crime rate that people should not be able to kill others with impunity and self-defence pleas should face high hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 17-year-old girl, who handed herself in to South African police, is expected to appear in court, accused of killing a man who allegedly tried to rape her. \u201cShe was on her way to a local tavern when she was allegedly attacked by the deceased and fought back,\u201d police colonel Moatshe Ngoepe told the BBC. 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