They gave him salt and pepper: Paedophile soccer coach accused of sodomising multiple minor boys

WATERLOO – He coaches soccer, A 57-year-old man accused of sodomising several minor boys was apprehended and beaten by the community of Waterloo yesterday afternoon. RUSA reaction officers were dispatched to the corner of Rahima Moosa & Vezokuhle Road at approximately 17:29.

On their arrival, officers discovered approximately 100 residents baying for the blood of a man. The man was stripped of his pants and underwear. The crowd were threatening to castrate him.

It was established that the accused is a resident of Parkgate and is employed at the Ethekwini Municipality. He coaches soccer and conducts Bible studies with minor boys from Waterloo in his spare time.

One of the boy’s informed his parents this afternoon that the man drugged and raped him. His parents brought it to the attention of other residents who questioned their children. Four other boys aged between 10 & 13 also confirmed that they were victims of the Paedophile. They stated that they were afraid to inform their parents because the suspect threatened to murder their families if they sought any assistance.

The children informed female RUSA Members that the man had been sodomising them for approximately one year. He would escort them individually or in groups to his house where he would drug and rape them. During one incident, he escorted three children to his home one of the boy’s regained consciousness while his friend was being sexually assaulted.

It was alleged that the suspect was previously jailed for raping a minor boy in Mhlasini but this could not be immediately confirmed. The suspect was seriously injured during the mob attack. He was placed under arrest and detained at SAPS Verulam.