Man convicted of raping and impregnating teenage stepdaughter

The Roodepoort District Court on Tuesday sentenced a stepfather to life in prison for raping and impregnating his partner’s daughter.

National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesman Phindi Mjonondwane said the rapes were committed over a long period of time. She added that the girl did not report the rapes because the accused threatened to kill her.

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Raped since I was eleven

“The victim was 15 years old when she reported the incidents on June 25, 2022. She claimed she had been raped since she was 11 years old,” Mjonondwane said.

“At the time of reporting, she had just given birth. The state conducted DNA and paternity testing on the defendant and the newborn child. The results were positive.”

The girl said she was raped when her mother, a domestic worker, went to her workplace.

The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted.

At the sentencing stage, the prosecutor, lawyer Zanele Chauke, argued for a life sentence on the grounds that the defendant had abused a position of trust and pleaded guilty as there was overwhelming evidence against him.

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She added that rape is a heinous crime that humiliates victims and violates their dignity and sense of security.

She argued that the defendant’s plea should not be misconstrued as a sign of remorse.

Judge Ettiene van Niekerk agreed with the state and sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment.

Man rapes three small children

In April, the Modimolle Regional Court sentenced a 33-year-old foreigner to three life sentences for raping three children aged eight, nine and 11.

Tinos Chimeze, from Zimbabwe, pleaded not guilty to all counts, claiming the victims only came to his home to view his woodwork and he even offered them food.

This was not the case.

“The evidence established that the defendant lured the victims to his home in 2022 by offering them soft drinks and food. He then raped the victims in his house in the presence of all the victims,” said NPA spokesman Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi.