Man appears on sex abuse charges

A 77-year-old man has appeared in court in connection with the sexual exploitation of three teenagers and a woman in Cape Town, the Cape Argus reported on Thursday.

   

The man appeared in the Goodwood Magistrate's Court on Wednesday when the case was postponed until Friday for a bail application.

   

He has not yet pleaded.

   

According to the report, he is being charged for crimes allegedly committed against two 14-year-olds, a 15-year-old and a 20-year-old between 2010 and this year.

   

Assistant squad chief Nathan Ladegourdie said on Wednesday that the four were rescued from a house in Richwood, in a joint police operation on Friday.

   

"[They] had previously been recruited from Dunoon and taken to Richwood, where they were sexually abused and exposed to pornography and prostitution," he said.

   

They were taken into protective custody.

   

-Sapa