South Africa: Police Escalate Rape Case of Former Mma Released Hours After Arrest

The South African Police Service says the case of former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Patrick Luindula, who has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman at LaBoom night club in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, has been escalated to provincial level "as a matter of urgency".

Speaking to News24, Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said Gauteng police commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela instructed that the case be handled by senior investigators who would be "guiding the follow-up investigation towards ensuring that the case is prosecutable".

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