79-year-old jailed for raping minors – FBC News

A 79-year-old man convicted of raping his 11-year-old great-granddaughter in Rakiraki has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by the High Court in Lautoka.

The court heard that the man committed the offence in 2021.

The Lautoka High Court judge said the man had abused the trust as he was well known to the plaintiff and her family.

The judge said there was a large age difference between himself and the plaintiff. At the time of the crime, the man was 76 years old, while the plaintiff was younger than nine years old.

Judge Riyaz Hamza said he had taken advantage of the plaintiff’s vulnerability, helplessness and naivety.

The man has been in custody for around seven and a half months and must now serve a prison sentence of 13 years and four months, including a suspended sentence of seven years and four months.