Woman jailed for life for raping her 10-year-old cousin

Eshowe Regional court on Wednesday gave a 30-year-old woman accused of raping her 10-year-old male relative a life in prison sentence. The KwaZulu-Natal woman was accused of committing the offense several times last year, according to police spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane

“The court heard how she raped a boy last year at Maqhakaza area, Eshowe, ” Zwane told News24.

According to the spokesman, the boy was raped on August 24 last year after the accused woman was invited to attend a birthday party of the victims younger brother. “After the party, family members, the victim and the accused went to sleep in a rondavel house. In the middle of the night, the accused was caught raping a 10-year-old boy inside the rondavel, ” Zwane said

“When the boy was questioned about rape, he told his mother that he was raped twice before by the same accused.“

“After an intensive investigation by our experienced Eshowe Family Violence, Child Protection, and Sexual Offences Unit members, the accused was arrested the following month and was charged for rape.”

He stressed that the arrest and imprisonment of the woman will be a good lesson to others “who might be involved in such criminal activities.”

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