Stepfather found guilty of raping stepdaughter
Friday, June 28, 2019
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Francistown Magistrate Court
FRANCISTOWN: The number of mothers who try without success to conceal sexual assault cases their children report to them seem to be on the rise.
Yesterday, Magistrate Kose Makobo convicted a Zimbabwean man-whose names have been withheld for ethical reasons-of raping his stepdaughter in 2016.
In the case, the victim attended a primary school in one of the local schools here.
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