The grandparents of a nine-year-old boy, his uncle, and a pastor have been granted bail in a case about a suspected satanic ritual that led to the boy's alleged rape and molestation.
The two grandparents, the 29-year-old uncle, and the 54-year-old pastor were granted bail of R4000 each in the Germiston Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
Magistrate Sharlotte Sithole said the medical report from 2013, when the boy was seven years-old, had no indications of sexual abuse or penetration.
On Monday, investigating officer Lieutenant-Colonel Hendrik de Jager described the boy's ordeal and said interviews revealed that over a period, possibly several years, the child was allegedly raped and molested multiple times by the group.
