A 17-year-old girl was arrested on Tuesday following a post she made on Facebook after she claimed to have been attacked at a park in Brackenfell on Monday afternoon.
The girl posted that she was attacked by two men while sitting under a tree at the park in Hibiscus Road, Protea Heights.
She took to Facebook and posted the following:
Western Cape police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel André Traut confirmed that a case of attempted robbery and assault was reported to the Brackenfell police on Monday afternoon.
“The case was reported following an alleged incident where a 17-year-old female victim was attacked by two suspects in a park at around 11:00 on the same day.”
Traut says that investigations into the circumstances of the matter led to the arrest of the complainant on Tuesday for defeating the ends of justice.
“She is suspected of having submitted a false statement to police,” he says.
The girl will be appearing in the Kuils River court on Thursday.
