A teen thought she was going to see her sick mother yet she was going to be raped by her stepfather.
Women and children continue to be exposed to Gender -Based Violence at the hands of some men in South Africa. A report was issued on a 25-year-old man who was slapped with life imprisonment for the rape of his own stepdaughter in April 2021 .
The Teen Thought She Was Going To See Her Sick Daughter Not Knowing That She Was Going To Be Raped Instead
The report by Times LIVE highlighted that the accused went to the victim’s grandmother where he lied to the grandmother that the 15-year-old’s mother was sick and hospitalised. As a result, he requested to go with the 15-year-old to see her mother who was ‘ alleged ‘ to have been hospitalized and sick.
However when they were on the way , the teen thought that they were going to see her mother who was sick , not knowing that she would be raped along the way. It was heard that accused reportedly led the child to an isolated place where he raped her according to Natasha Ramkisson-Kara , the spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority.
When the teen returned home , she informed what had happened on the way to see her mother who was alleged to have had been sick. The victim was taken to Phoenix Thuthuzela Care Center where she received the assignment she needed . It was highlighted that the suspect got arrested on the same day a report got made .
A disturbing detail that was shared was that the rape affected the teen negatively. It was stated that she struggles to sleep sometimes, and that she is afraid of being near men . This was a traumatic expensive for the girl as she wanted to see her mother. It is great that another rapist has been removed from the streets of South Africa.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2022-11-25-life-imprisonment-for-man-who-raped-stepdaughter-15/#Echobox=1669395355