Esikhaleni man gets life sentence after raping step-daughter

He was handed the sentence at a court, near Empangeni, after the magistrate heard how he'd raped the 14-year-old - after an argument with her mother. 

The child was attacked in December, three years ago at Nsimbini Reserve in Esikhaleni.   

She says her mother was chased out of the house by her stepfather after the quarrel. He then asked her to bring him a cup of tea.  

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She says when she went to his bedroom, he grabbed her and held her at knifepoint.  

She was raped multiple times. The girl then ran to her grandparents’ house - where she tried to take her own life. 

But she was taken to hospital and told the nurse what had happened - leading to her stepfather's arrest, conviction and sentencing.