South Africa: A Father Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Raping His Own Daughter

A ten year old girl who was raped by her father in South Africa, pleaded with the Verulam Magistrate’s court and God to punish her father.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Thursday that the child, now 12, said she found it difficult to socialise with other children after the incident.

The spokesperson of National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Natasha Kara said that, ” The Young girl stated that, she was embarrassed and could no longer play with other children in the area as they know what happened to her.

Natasha Kara added that, the victim and her 8-year old brother had visited their father on 8th November 2019, at their granny’s home in the cotton lands area, north of Durban when the incident took place.

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“When they got there, they found him alone in his room, as their granny had gone out. After speaking to them for awhile, the father gave the boy his cellphone and sent him to another room, He then closed the door and raped his daughter “

He gave her sanitary pad to wear when she started bleeding. He then took the children back home to their mother.

The mother noticed the girl was bleeding and raped incident came to light when the mother question the girl about the sanitary pad.

Natasha Kara said, the matter was reported to Police shortly after the rape and the victim was then taken to the Thuthuzela care centre at the Mahatma Gandhi hospital in Phoenix,
where she received Medico-legal and Psycho- Social Assistant.