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An attorney accused of raping a 13-year-old girl pleads not guilty

# An attorney, who is accused of buying a 13-year-old girl from her mother for 160-thousand-rand, before raping her, has pleaded not guilty. Carel Benjamin Schoeman appeared in the Gauteng High Court sitting in Palm Ridge on Wednesday, alongside his co-accused, the mother of the girl, who has also pleaded not guilty. Schoeman has been charged with 26 counts including rape, exploitation of children, and kidnapping. The state says Schoeman effectively used the minor as a sex slave, as he allegedly raped her daily at a guesthouse in Heidelberg, Gauteng.