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He said when the man started staying with the family, the girl he would later rape was still an infant. “The accused, whom the family trusted as he had helped raise the children, was sleeping with the children in the same room on the floor because of the limited space in the house. He was a family friend of the victim and had known the family for years making him a part of the family,” said Senokoatsane.
“While being accommodated by the family, the accused took advantage of the situation and began to rape the victim while the rest of the family was sleeping in the same house.”
The child informed her parents and the man was arrested and denied bail. During the trial, the girl’s parents said they had considered the man as a fatherly figure but had betrayed their hospitality and trust by assaulting their child.
In his defence, the man denied he had raped the child but the DNA proved he had in fact violated her.
