Mother defends boyfriend accused of raping her daughter

As part of the boyfriend’s defence, the mother who cannot be named for legal reasons, shocked the court on Tuesday when she attributed her daughter’s claims to possible nightmares.

The mother told the court that she thought that her daughter merely had nightmares after a Guidance and Counselling teacher informed her that her  boyfriend, a Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldier based at Area S BDF Camp, had sexually assaulted her daughter three times.