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 4 hours ago 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.