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    Brothers ‘assault’ sister as cop father ‘watches’

    Dec 06, 2023 4 minutes
    ‘disciplined’ for having a boyfriend

    A 21-YEAR-OLD woman has alleged that when her family found out she had a boyfriend, she was threatened with a taser before being brutally beaten by her brothers, because she “needed to be disciplined”. Her policeman father, who was supposed to “serve and protect”, just watched.

    The woman has opened a charge of kidnapping and assault against her brothers and is being kept at a safe house as she fears for her life.

    She said her parents were separated and she lived in oThongathi (Tongaat) with her mother, while her father and two elder brothers lived in Verulam.

    Her alleged abuse began on August 30.

    “I’d been in a relationship for just over two years. I didn’t tell

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