Grandpa sentenced for raping granddaughter

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FRANCISTOWN: A grandfather who could not control his libido will spend the next 30 years in jail for raping his stepdaughter not once but thrice.

The accused, 69, who cannot be named for legal reasons landed in trouble for raping his 12 years old granddaughter on three separate occasions once in 2019 and twice in 2020 at on near Gungwe village in the North East.

The pain that the complainant’s family felt did not end there as the accused also impregnated his granddaughter.

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