Woman assaulted then put in jail with guy who assaulted her?

A petite young Cape Town woman was locked in a police holding cell with four men this week when she turned to the police for help after being assaulted.

One of her cellmates was the man who had allegedly assaulted her.

Police confirmed that men and women are not allowed to be locked in the same cell. A senior policeman has now been appointed to investigate the incident and the police say they are taking the matter seriously.

Portia Adams, 25, from Ruyterwacht, who is very slightly built, said she was convinced she was going to be raped in the tiny, filthy, windowless cell at the Elsies River police station.

'He is a huge guy'

"I was thinking 'Oh God, I'm going to die in here'," the young mother said, adding that she was only taken out of the cell when a woman police officer walked past and was shocked to see her inside with four men.

*** Sounds like they have a great police force there. To protect and to serve?!?!?!