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When the victim arrived home, her grandmother noticed she was struggling to walk and could not go to the toilet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The granny inspected the child and discovered that she was seriously injured on her private parts. She took the victim to the St Elizabeth Hospital Thuthuzela Care Centre (TCC) and a case was opened, resulting in the arrest of Nodantile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDuring the trial, Nodantile pleaded not guilty, but when confronted with forensic evidence and under cross-examination by prosecutor Pearl Ledwaba, he contradicted himself and could not explain why the child, who is now 10 years old, would implicate him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cArguing for the imposition of the life sentence, the prosecutor told the court that rape is very prevalent in the country, more especially in Lusikisiki, which was recently named as one of the rape capitals of the country by the Police Minister when he recently released crime statistics. 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