A case against a father who raped his 6-year-old biological daughter has been postponed to October 27 by the Mankweng magistrates court in Limpopo.
The suspect, a 43-year-old foreign national, made his first court appearance on October 20, a day after after his arrest. He remains behind bars.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba said that the case was reported on October 18 after the minor had complained about experiencing pain in her private parts.
Mashaba explained: “The mother and the father had an arrangement that the father should reside with their daughter at his residence in Solomondale (a village north of Mankweng) [from] last December. It is reported that during the victim visit to her mother she complained about pains in the private parts while bathing.”
Mashaba said the mother, suspecting that her daughter might have been raped, took the child to the clinic for a medical examination.
“The doctor confirmed the rape and she indicated that her father raped her,” Mashaba said.
Limpopo police commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembi Hadebe condemned the incident and applauded police for the immediate arrest of the suspect.
Hadebe said :”He was expected to provide and protect the daughter, instead he destroys her future, this is disturbing indeed.”
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