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The family\u2019s sleeping arrangement was that the father and mother slept on the bed, while the girl slept on the floor. When the mother would leave for work in the morning, the unemployed father would invite the girl to his bed and rape her, before threatening to kill her and her mother if she told anyone about the rapes,\u201d said Tyali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that his niece (13) came to visit in 2020, and one night when the man\u2019s partner had been drinking and had passed out, he went to join the children on the floor and molested them..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tyali said that a few days later, he raped the two girls, forcing them to watch while he raped the other. According to him, he threatened the niece that he would wipe out their entire family if she told anyone about the rape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen his daughter matriculated and went to university in 2023, she reported what had been happening to her mother, and they immediately left the residence they shared with the perpetrator and went into hiding, before opening a case with the police. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe kept on calling the mother on the phone enquiring about their whereabouts, and begging her to come back home,\u201d said Tyali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said she agreed, but returned with the police who arrested the father, who was consequently denied bail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that during trial the man claimed that he was being framed by his daughter, because he had caught her with a boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magistrate Shylock Ndengezi found the man to be a \u201cpathetic witness\u201d, who denied knowing everything but his name. 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