Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect wanted in connection with the assault and attempted rape of an elderly woman on Rondebosch Common.
Police have released an identikit of the man who is alleged to have attacked the woman while she was walking her dog on Sunday April 21 after 11am.
He is alleged to have demanded her cellphone and money, then ripped her pants and attempted to rape her. The woman was stabbed in her hand and on the back of her head (“Police warn about safety on Rondebosch Common,” Southern Suburbs Tatler, April 25).
Anyone who can assist with the case is asked to call investigating officer Constable Thokozani Mnqina, of Rondebosch police, at 082 522 1078 or Crime Stop at 08600 10111.
