Child abuser gets life in jail

The Frankort Regional Court in the Free State has sentenced a 32-year-old man to life behind bars for raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter.

Police spokesperson Sergeant Sinah Mpakane said the rape happened on July 14, 2017, when the victim was at home with her younger brother, who had fallen asleep while watching television.

“The man started a conversation asking the victim if she knew how babies are made.

“She replied that she did not know. A few minutes later he called her into his bedroom where he undressed himself and the victim and raped her.”

The child told her mother when she arrived home the following day and the rape was reported to police.

In another incident, Mpakane said a 33-year-old man from Botshabelo was sentenced to life behind bars earlier this month for raping his six-year-old daughter.

“In September 2016, a neighbour in Section F, Botshabelo, noticed that a six-year-old girl was walking awkwardly.

“The concerned neighbour informed the child’s aunt as the girl was living with her father after her mother had died few months back.”

The child was hospitalised and the father was arrested. The child is now living with relatives in another province. – ANA

The man started a conversation asking the victim if she knew how babies are made.

Sinah Mpakane Police spokesperson