YACOOB J do, he must please just take me home. . . . Then I climbed into the car again and we drove away from Kaaimans back to George.‖ 9 (My translation and emphasis.) [161] Ms F did say elsewhere in her evidence that she got into the car because she believed he was a policeman and because she trusted him on that account. She inferred that he was a policeman, she said, because of the police radio in the car, the files which she thought were police dockets and because Mr van Wyk had told her that he was a private detective. [162] The car was brought to a halt again. Ms F tried to escape once more but Mr van Wyk prevented her. He brutally assaulted and raped Ms F outside the car. Sufficient connection? [163] The policemen in K, while in uniform and performing their duties had offered to take a stranded young woman home in the fulfilment of their duties as policemen. Ms K had trusted them, because of their status as police officers, in circumstances where it was reasonable for her to do so: ―In this case, and viewed objectively, it was reasonable for [Ms K] to place her trust in the policemen who were in uniform and offered to assist her.‖10 9 ―Toe maak hy of hy my nie ken nie, toe vra hy vir my wat doen ek daar. Toe sê ek hy weet wat ek daar maak, wat probeer hy doen, hy moet my net asseblief huis toe vat. . . . Toe het ek weer in die kar geklim en toe het ons van Kaaimans af gery terug George toe.‖ 10 Above n 2 at para 52. 66

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