Father sentenced to life for rape of his daughter
Mpumzi Mshweshwe
Nelspruit Sexual Offences Court has sentenced a 35-year old Mozimbican national to life imprisonment for the rape of his 11-year-old daughter with whom he stayed at his home in Clau Clau Trust, Mpumalanga. The Court has ordered that the man’s name be entered into the National Sexual Offenders Register and that he be prohibited from possessing a firearm. National Prosecutor Authority (NPA) Spokesperson, Monica Nyuswa said that the accused had started raping his child in 2018. Before the assault, he would make crude remarks to her. “He made remarks to his daughter, claiming he did not ‘bore her to be penetrated by other men’, In November 2018 he began raping her and threatened her to remain silent,” said Nyuswa. It was only when the child’s mother noticed beha...