By REGINALD KANYANE
A father (40) was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by the Galeshewe Regional Court for raping his daughter (6). On 29 April 2017, the victim was visiting her grandparents in Promised Land in Kagisho Township, near Kimberley.
According to the Northern Cape police spokesperson, Sergeant Molefi Shemane, she went to sleep in her grandparents’ room. Shemane said, ghowever, the victim woke up during the night when the accused picked her up from the bed and placed her on the floor, and raped her.
“The victim was too afraid to report the incident and only told her mother on 3 May 2017, when she was experiencing pain. A rape case was opened and during the medical examination, the doctor confirmed that the child was raped.
“The accused fled and a warrant for his arrest was obtained. On 7 October 2019, the police received a tip-off regarding his whereabouts. The police traced and arrested him,” he said.
Shemane further said bail was denied and the accused remained in custody until his conviction and sentencing. Shemane added that the accused was also declared unfit to possess a firearm and his name is to be entered into the National Register for Sex Offenders.
Meanwhile, the Northern Cape Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, applauded the sterling work of the investigating officer, Detective Warrant Officer Boats Botha and prosecutor, for ensuring that the perpetrator of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) was brought to book.
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