Foster father gets 50 years for raping two girls
By IOL Reporter
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Cape Town â The Worcester Regional Court has sentenced a 65-year-old foster father to 50 yearsâ imprisonment for the rape of two minor girls.
Earlier, the court convicted Charles Stevens for the rape of two girls, aged 11 and 12.
The regional court sitting in Montague sentenced him to 25 yearsâ imprisonment for each rape count. The court ordered the sentences to run concurrently,â Western Cape National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said in a statement on Thursday.
ââThe two cousins were removed from their biological parents due to socio-economic conditions of the parents and neglect. They were placed in the foster care of Stevens and his wife.