Young PE rape survivor no longer wears a colostomy bag

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

An eight-year-old Port Elizabeth girl who survived an horrific rape two years ago will no longer have to wear a colostomy bag.

She had been wearing the bag as a result of the horrific injuries she suffered in the 15-hour attack in Motherwell in December 2011.

Her assailant, 33-year-old Xolile Tose, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the PE High Court last month.

Advocate Linda le Roux of the National Prosecuting Authority, says the little girl underwent a final operation last week at Dora Nginza Hospital to remove the colostomy bag.

She says the operation was carried out by local doctors identified by a leading professor from the Red Cross Children's Hospital in Cape Town.

Le Roux says a meeting will be held on Thursday to address other social interventions for the family and the child's educational needs, after she was removed from school as a result of being ostracised because of the colostomy bag.

"We first want to do an assessment to find out what is her specific needs and what kind of school she will need to attend. We will look at social services, and any other need that the child and her family may have. There is still a long way to go, but the medical side of it was our priority and we are very happy to see how it really influenced her life, she's really a very happy little girl now." say Le Roux.