The Oudtshoorn Regional Court has sentenced a 59-year-old man to an effective life sentence and 20 years’ direct imprisonment after he repeatedly raped and impregnated his own minor daughter. While the sentencing of an Oudtshoorn man to life imprisonment and 30 years for the horrific crimes of repeatedly raping and impregnating his minor daughter has been commended by anti-gender-based violence groups, serious concerns have been raised about the alarming number of warning signs that are routinely overlooked in such cases. The Oudtshoorn Regional Court has sentenced a 59-year-old man to an effective life sentence and 20 years’ direct imprisonment after he pleaded guilty.
The man has been convicted of sexual violation of his 13-year-old daughter, her repeated rapes over two years and incest. His victim is his own child, born after he raped her mother (the victim’s mother) when she was 16 years old. Oudtshoorn Regional Court Prosecutor, Hyron Goulding, called the victim’s mother, who testified in aggravation of sentence that the accused raped her when she was 16 years old.
Goulding led evidence that the 13-year-old victim grew up staying with her mother and stepfather. She moved out and stayed with her father and his wife when she turned 13, visiting her mother on weekends.
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