A man who repeatedly raped and later impregnated his 12-year stepdaughter, then argued that sex between them had been consensual, has been handed four life sentences.
The 37-year-old man, who can't be identified to protect the identity of the child, started raping her when she was 10 years old. He was found guilty of four counts of rape of a minor and on Thursday sentenced at Fraserburg regional court, Northern Cape.
According to the spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority in the Northern Cape Mojalefa Senokoatsane, the man was married to the victim's mother. He started raping the child between 2017 and 2020 when they lived together as a family. 'He would wait until the household was asleep, assault her, and threaten her to remain silent,' he said.