The 45-year-old man from Ncandu Park was sentenced to life imprisonment by Newcastle Regional Court for raping his own daughter for a period of two years.
Natasha Ramkisson-Kara,National Prosecuting Authority(NPA) Regional Spokesperson for KwaZulu-Natal Division confirmed that the Newcastle Regional Court has sentenced a 45-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping his 15-year-old biological daughter between June 2022 and June 2024 in the Ncandu Park area.The complainant resided with her father,stepmother,and siblings.The accused started raping his daughter in June 2022.He would go to her room at night and rape her,threatening to assault her if she told anyone about it.The complainant was afraid to report the matter to her stepmother thinking that she would not believe her.
Ramkisson-Kara revealed that the culprit was caught red-handed by his own wife raping his own daughter in one of the bedrooms in their own house at night.
She said the matter came to light on one occasion, when the stepmother woke up and realised that her husband was not in the bedroom.She searched for him and found him raping the complainant.The accused ran out of the room,while the stepmother spoke to the complainant,who told her that she had been rape by her father for some time.The matter was reported to the police,and the complainant was taken to the Madadeni Thuthuzela Care Centre(TCC).The accused fled the area after the matter was reported to the police and was later arrested in Durban,having been traced through the tracking device on his car.
Natasha mentioned that the stepmother informed the court that her stepdaughter was affected by that incident and that led her to relocate,and the accused name will be added in sex offenders register.
"In court,Prosecutor Thulisile Shabalala led the evidence of the stepmother,who was the first witness.In her evidence,she said that the incident had adversely affected the complainant,who had to relocate from the area.The complainant and the doctor who examined her also testified.The accused was sentenced accordingly,and he was declared unfit to possess a firearm.The court made an order that his name be entered into the National Register for Sex Offenders.
The NPA's fight against the scourge of sexual violence has been aided by the expansion of the TCC footprint across the country,which has grown from 55 TCCs in 2020/2021 to 66 TCCs at present.The TCCs provide comprehensive services and support to victims of sexual violence,"she concluded.