Kimberley – A Northern Cape teenager appeared in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court on charges of raping a nine-year-old boy.

Gopolang Riet, 19, was denied bail and will remain in police custody until his next appearance in April.

The State, on Friday, alleged that Riet raped the boy several times in the ABC Cemetery and at Ottoskopje Mine in Galeshewe earlier in February.