Eastern Cape police have arrested a 41-year-old man for allegedly raping a woman in her home in a Village near Ngqamakhwe on Wednesday evening.
Butterworth police spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha says the 59-year-old woman heard the door opening at around 8pm, and thought that it was her daughter.
He says the person came straight to her bed, and when she noticed that it was a man, she ran to the dining room.
Manatha says the suspect followed her and then allegedly raped her.
He says the victim's cries for help alerted the neighbour, who came to her rescue and apprehended the suspect.
He was later handed over to the police.
The suspect is expected to appear in the Ngqamakhwe Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
