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A 27-year-old man accused of raping an elderly Port Elizabeth woman has been rearrested after his recent escape from custody, police said today (November 6).
Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg said Frankie Louwskieter was arrested in the Walmer township after police were alerted to his whereabouts.
Yesterday, a police officer was arrested on charges of aiding his escape.
Constable Mzwakile Gusha, who is based at the Walmer police station, will appear in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Gusha and three colleagues accompanied Frankie Louwskieter, 27, to a house in Walmer township, where he was to point out a DVD player, cellphone, watch and a wallet stolen from the 84-year-old woman.
Janse van Rensburg said the three officers went inside the house while Gusha remained behind.
When the three came back outside they found that Louwskieter had escaped.
The elderly woman, who was a resident at Winston Churchill Moth Cottages in Walmer, was attacked last Friday after her assailant gained access into her home through a window.
The attacker first bound and then gagged her before stabbing her in the leg.
He then raped her, locked her in her bedroom and returned a short while later to steal a watch she was wearing on her wrist.
Louwskieter escaped the day of his arrest. He will appear in court on Monday. – Sapa
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