Dad 'castrated preacher for raping his daughter'

15 November 2018 - 07:00 By Bhongo Jacob
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The St Philips Anglican Church in Gompo in the Eastern Cape whose lay preacher was allegedly castrated and killed by a furious father who believed his daughter had been raped.
The St Philips Anglican Church in Gompo in the Eastern Cape whose lay preacher was allegedly castrated and killed by a furious father who believed his daughter had been raped.
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A father accused of castrating and killing a lay preacher he believed had raped his nine-year-old daughter was denied bail in a packed to capacity East London Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

The father cut a lonely figure in the dock as the state argued against his bail application, in a case that has split the community.

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