An Eastern Cape man sentenced to life behind bars for starting to rape his then-18-year-old daughter nine years ago has been acquitted after he successfully appealed in the Eastern Cape High Court in Bhisho.
An Eastern Cape woman was murdered, allegedly by a man she was in a relationship with while her long-distance, German-born husband was in Russia for work.
EC father gets more jail time after appeal against rape sentence backfires In 2014, the Zwelitsha Regional Court sentenced the 77-year-old to 22 years behind bars for the rape of his teenage daughter between 2010 and 2012. Picture: 123rf.com
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CAPE TOWN - The bid by an elderly man who raped his daughter to appeal his prison sentence has backfired.
The Bhisho High Court has ordered he be slapped with a harsher punishment.
In 2014, the Zwelitsha Regional Court sentenced the 77-year-old to 22 years behind bars.
The Bhisho High Court has now sentenced the man to life imprisonment.
Between 2010 and 2012, the man raped his teenage daughter.