Police from the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) last week arrested two uncles and the step-grandfather of a 12-year-old girl after they received reports that the men raped the child.

Information reaching THE STAR is that police are investigating allegations that the men sexually assaulted the little girl, who lives at the premises with them and other relatives, twice this year.

Step-grandfather

Officers from CISOCA said that in August, the common-law husband of the child's grandmother raped her at the premises. The police continued that in the most recent ordeal in November, the said step-grandfather, with the assistance of two of the girl's uncles, held her down at the house while all three men took turns raping her.

The child subsequently mentioned the matter to her mother and grandmother, after which a report was made to the police. The men are booked to appear in Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.