On 3 December 2019, the Ntuzuma Regional Court sentenced a 43 year old father to 20 years imprisonment for raping his 13 year old child in 2017.
In December 2017, the victim who lived with her father and a stepmother, was at her home in Amaoti when her father came home in the absence of the stepmother. He forcefully raped his child, blamed her mother for leaving him and threatened to kill the child if she reported the incident.
A case of rape was opened at Inanda police station and transferred to the Inanda Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit for investigation. The accused was immediately arrested and taken to court where he was kept in custody throughout the trial.
The accused was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for rape. He was declared unfit to possess a firearm and his name will be included in the National Register for Sexual Offenders.
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Khombinkosi Jula commended the investigating officer in ensuring that the accused is kept in custody throughout the trial for victim’s safety and for ensuring that he was successfully prosecuted.
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