Forgive the paedophile � victim�s mother

The paedophile, now aged 22, who is a resident of Riverside, was recently convicted of raping his then five-year-old niece also at their family compound in 2013. He is now in jail pending a sentence that will be delivered on Friday. Senior Magistrate Thebeetsile Mulalu had summoned the victim’s mother before court in order to get first hand information of how the accused and the victim’s mother relate.

Said Mulalu: “The accused stands convicted of one count of rape stemming from a case that you testified in.  Before I pass an appropriate sentence, I found it fit to call you so that you can tell this court how you relate since he was charged with this offence. You used to or may probably be staying together in the same compound because he is the son of your elder sister.”