Bloemfontein - A 46 year old man is scheduled to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on a charge of rape on Thursday.
Free State police said in a statement that the man is accused of raping his 15-year-old stepdaughter at their home in Bloemfontein.
Its is alleged that he raped her for the first time in December 2014 in her bed, said police spokesperson Constable Sinah Mpakane.
“The child did not report the matter to anyone as the suspect allegedly told her that her mother is not going to believe her as she loved him more than her own children. He raped her again later in the same month.”
The teenager was allegedly raped again in June, but this time told her neighbour, Mpakane said.
In the most recent incident, on Sunday, he allegedly raped his stepdaughter while her mother was out.
On Wednesday, the teenager told her Life Orientation teacher who contacted the girl’s mother.
A case was opened and the stepfather was arrested.
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