A 50-year-old man has been jailed for life for raping a 19-month-old
baby girl who required corrective surgery for the injuries she
sustained.
Mzingisi James Ntshontshi was jailed for life this week by Port
Elizabeth high court judge Irma Schoeman for the rape on August 12,
2018.
The judge described his actions as “abhorrent, wicked and perverse”
and said the ordeal had devastating consequences for the toddler.
According to testimony led during the trial, the child's mother, who
worked at a bakery in St Francis Bay, had left her in the care of a
woman who shared a house with in Ntshontshi. The female carer, in turn,
left the child with the accused, when she went to buy alcohol at about
7am at a nearby shebeen.
Before she could return, the child was found half-clothed, bloody and
bruised in the bushes about 100m away from the house by members of the
community at about 4pm that day.
Humansdorp hospital's Dr. LM Mabaso, who examined the toddler, told
the court that due to the severity of the injuries, she had immediately
consulted with a specialist at Dora Nginza Hospital and the little girl
had been rushed to Port Elizabeth for corrective surgery.
A medical report filed before sentencing described the enduring
physical and psychological problems affecting the child. Her rapist was
also ordered to pay for her corrective surgery from behind prison bars.
The worried mother of the child who sent her daughter away to live
with family members after the incident told the court of her guilt.
“After it happened I saw her once because I separated myself from her
... when I look at her or when (a relative) sends me a picture of her,
then I have the image of when she was raped,” the mother said.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
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