Mom guilty of raping daughter

A woman has been sentenced to life in prison for raping her daughter Image: Stock image via Pixabay

Hefty sentence for Pretoria mom who raped daughter to get boyfriend’s attention

The mom was arrested on 18 March 2022 after she sent her friend a ‘disturbing’ video of the child.

Mom guilty of raping daughter

A woman has been sentenced to life in prison for raping her daughter Image: Stock image via Pixabay

A Pretoria North mom, convicted of sexual crimes against her five-year-old daughter, has been been handed four life sentences plus 30 years imprisonment by the Pretoria Magistrates Court.

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The woman, 39, was sentenced on 8 December 2022 for sexual crimes that included four counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault, exposure to genitals and three counts of creation of pornography.

Mom violates daughter

According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the mom and her boyfriend – who is a co-accused in the case – raped the child using objects. They also made the little girl perform sexual acts on both of them.

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“When the boyfriend was at his own place, the mother would take pictures of the child’s private parts, and videos of her performing sexual acts on the child, and send it to her boyfriend for his pleasure,” said the NPA’s Pretoria spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana in a statement.

These acts occurred between December 2021 and March 2022.

Mom gets caught and confesses

The woman was arrested on 18 March 2022 after she sent her friend, via WhatsApp, a “disturbing” video of the child. The friend alerted the police.

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After the arrest, the mom pleaded guilty to all 10 charges against her.

“She [the mom] told the court that she committed all those offences because she craved the attention of her boyfriend and wanted his approval, since she was always at home and taking care of her 15-year-old child, [who is] living with a disability,” Mahanjana said.

Plea for a lenient sentence

Before the sentence was handed down, the mom – through her lawyer – asked the court for prison term of 20 years, a deviation the prescribed sentence.

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However, prosecutor Hanlie Du Preez asked the court to sentence the woman to life in prison, because the mom had abused her “position of trust”.

“She was supposed to love and protect the child. Instead, she took advantage of that trust. She [prosecutor Du Preez] told the court that in most cases, rapists are not devils with horns, but people who live amongst us. The mother sacrificed her child for a relationship,” said Mahanjana.

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The NPA said the boyfriend would appear in court on 2 February 2023 for possible plea.

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