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A 56-year-old father from Jeffereys Bay in the Eastern Cape has been sentenced to two life terms and an additional 3 713 years imprisonment.

He was convicted by the Gqeberha High Court in the Eastern Cape. He was charged with more than 700 counts of rape, sexual assault, sexual grooming, human trafficking, possession, production and procuring of child pornography and exposing children and a person living with mental disability to pornography.

The offences allegedly took place from 2015 to 2022 at the accused’s home in Jeffreys Bay. One of the victims was his biological daughter, who was first exposed to pornography at the age of ten. It further escalated to repeated sexual exploitation by the accused and the adolescent half-brother. The accused also recorded and distributed the content.

RAPE INVESTIGATION

Investigations revealed thousands of images and videos stored across a cellphone, laptop, hard drives, and USB devices containing graphic material involving both known and unknown minors, some as young as toddlers. Other children in the household were also groomed and abused.