A 29-year old man charged with raping two Nelson Mandela University (NMU) students, appeared briefly in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday where the case against him was postponed for a medical examination.
The man, who cannot be named, until he formally pleads, is facing two charges of rape, robbery and housebreaking following a violent attack on two students in October.
It previously emerged that the man has a previous conviction for robbery with aggravating circumstances. He has since abandoned his bid for bail and remains in custody.
A 25-year-old student and her friend were attacked in a computer lab at the Second Avenue Campus. The man allegedly raped the students, robbed them of their cellphones and stabbed one of them with a pair of scissors.
Police said at the time that the women were also forced to carry a computer and monitor outside the building and pass it to the suspect over a gate before he fled.
He was arrested while apparently trying to sell the computer equipment in Govan Mbeki Avenue.
The case was postponed until December 13.
– African News Agency (ANA),
