The uMthwalume woman said that her rapist was a man who was known in the area.
DURBAN - A rape survivor from uMthwalume on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast said that she was living in fear because her attacker had threatened to kill her and the rest of her family.The bodies of five women have been discovered in the area over the past six months.
The victim counts herself fortunate to still be alive but said that she was desperate to see her loved ones again.Her life turned into a nightmare in February when he arrived in Durban where she worked at the time and demanded that he go with her to uMthwalume.She said that he then tied her hands with a phone charger.She said that after he was done, he threatened to kill her but she begged him not to.
She explained that she was a young mother and no one else would be available to raise her children if she died.Eyewitness News understands that the perpetrator is now in police custody.
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