Man gets 15-year jail term for raping niece

The paedophile whose identity cannot be revealed to protect the victim repeatedly raped his niece who was left in his care. When passing the sentence, Justice Tshegofatso Mogomotsi said that the paedophile threatened to stab the victim’s mother with a knife which forced her to flee.

After the victim’s mother escaped, the convict raped the minor several times without using protection. “When passing sentence, I shall take into account the seriousness of the offence, the age of the complainant who was a minor. The offence that the accused committed has left negative psychological effects on the minor. The accused was not a stranger to the victim but he was a very close relative of hers and they used to stay together at the cattle post. The victim trusted the accused but the accused broke that trust,” said Mogomotsi.