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Man gets 64 years behind bars for raping teen daughter
02 Aug 2015 at 23:05hrs | Views
A 34-year-old Gutu man who raped his teenage daughter, 13, has been sentenced to 64 years behind bars.
The court was told that the man once raped his daughter while she was trying to change her uniform after getting home from school.
The man pleaded not guilty to raping his daughter when he appeared before Masvingo senior regional magistrate Judith Zuyu last Thursday.
The magistrate, however, convicted him due to overwhelming evidence.
"Your cruelty and perversion leaves the court with no option but to give you one of the harshest sentences.You betrayed the trust that your daughter had in you by taking your own offspring for a wife. You don't deserve to be part of this normal and God-fearing society. You must go to jail so that you can come back a reformed man with a conscience and respect."
"The court wonders what kind of sexual starvation makes you get attracted to your own daughter in the presence of your wife. Cases of this nature are on the increase and culprits shouldn't be treated with kids' gloves. Prison life remains the only option to whip your character into line."
The court was told that the man once raped his daughter while she was trying to change her uniform after getting home from school.
The man pleaded not guilty to raping his daughter when he appeared before Masvingo senior regional magistrate Judith Zuyu last Thursday.
The magistrate, however, convicted him due to overwhelming evidence.
"Your cruelty and perversion leaves the court with no option but to give you one of the harshest sentences.You betrayed the trust that your daughter had in you by taking your own offspring for a wife. You don't deserve to be part of this normal and God-fearing society. You must go to jail so that you can come back a reformed man with a conscience and respect."
"The court wonders what kind of sexual starvation makes you get attracted to your own daughter in the presence of your wife. Cases of this nature are on the increase and culprits shouldn't be treated with kids' gloves. Prison life remains the only option to whip your character into line."
Source - Chronicle
