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AN HIV positive father, who raped his teenage daughter and was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, deserves every minute he will spend behind bars
Regional magistrate Donald Ndirowei described the case as a very bad one because it involved a father raping his biological daughter.
The magistrate settled for the presumptive penalty of 20 years imprisonment because the case is extraordinary in that it involves a father, who should protect his daughter, inflicting unbearable damage on her.
Magistrate rightly said that this called for the stiffest and deterrent sentence that this court was empowered by law to impose.
“The aggravating factors that I have found to exist in this matter are that the victim was seriously injured psychologically by this rape at the hands of her own biological father,” said the magistrate.
“She was so battered psychologically that she even contemplated committing suicide and she only changed her mind after counselling sessions that she received at Parirenyatwa Hospital, courtesy of her step mother.
“The court has taken notice of the fact that the psychological trauma that this offence has caused on the victim’s life is very difficult to heal.
“Clearly, this is a cardinal sin and one which is unforgivable and the offender ought to be crucified for his sins.”
The magistrate indicated in his judgment that the offender behaved like an animal which knows no relations by raping his own daughter.
And, as if that was not enough, the court learnt during the pre-sentencing hearing that the offender is HIV positive and he knew that he was infected with HIV at the time of the rape.
Fortunately, the victim received PEP within 72 hours of the attack and she was not infected by HIV as a result of the treatment.
But, this does not take the gravity of the offence committed by this father from hell who tried, during the trial, to claim that he was distracted by the alcohol he took on the day he committed the offence.
The magistrate was correct that one cannot use alcohol to try and justify such wicked actions like raping one’s biological daughter, in particular, or anyone in general.
In this case, the victim was so affected by the evil actions of her father that she even contemplated killing herself.
She just changed her mind after getting counselling.
The reality is that we could have lost a young woman simply because her father turned rogue and decided to attack her in the worst vicious form possible.
This man clearly doesn’t deserve any other place save for prison.
These are the sort of crimes that people used to be hanged for in the past because it just can’t get any worse than this.
We don’t want such monsters in our society and we are happy that he will spend the next 20 years behind bars.
Such evil characters don’t deserve any pardon, when other prisoners are pardoned, because we don’t want them to be part of our society.
Online Reporter