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Man gets 19 years behind bars for raping his teenage daughters
23 Oct 2012 at 18:30hrs | Views
A Seke man was last week thrown behind bars for 19 years after being convicted of raping his two daughters aged 13 and 15.
The 40-year-old man from Seke communal lands slept with his daughters in the same blankets after his wife divorced him. This offence was committed in 2006 when the girls were aged seven and nine.
He denied two counts of rape when he appeared before Chitungwiza regional magistrate Mr Temba Kuwanda.
He was convicted after a full trial.
In sentencing the man, Mr Kuwanda considered that the man betrayed the trust bestowed to him as a father and that the girls would be traumatised for the rest of their lives.
Mr Kuwanda sentenced the man to 12 years in prison for each count but set aside five years on condition that the man does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.
Prosecutor Mr Luke Mutupe told the court that sometime in January 2006 the man used to share a single room with his two minor daughters after separating from their mother.
He reportedly raped them during the night before their stepmother discovered sores on their bodies.
The 40-year-old man from Seke communal lands slept with his daughters in the same blankets after his wife divorced him. This offence was committed in 2006 when the girls were aged seven and nine.
He denied two counts of rape when he appeared before Chitungwiza regional magistrate Mr Temba Kuwanda.
He was convicted after a full trial.
In sentencing the man, Mr Kuwanda considered that the man betrayed the trust bestowed to him as a father and that the girls would be traumatised for the rest of their lives.
Mr Kuwanda sentenced the man to 12 years in prison for each count but set aside five years on condition that the man does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.
Prosecutor Mr Luke Mutupe told the court that sometime in January 2006 the man used to share a single room with his two minor daughters after separating from their mother.
He reportedly raped them during the night before their stepmother discovered sores on their bodies.
Source - TH
