A father has been put in prison after he sexually assaulted two of his daughters when they were younger than 13 years old.
The 48-year-old person harmed his own kids before they got arrested in October 2014, in Namibia.
His mom said she couldn’t believe he did such terrible things, but she said he loved his six children a lot.
She also said at court that one of the people hurt was her father’s most loved child.
The parent said, “My daughters haven’t forgiven him because they don’t want to talk about him. ”
I have decided to forgive him, but I still remember and can’t forget what he did. I believe he should be punished and go to jail.
The dad, whose name is not being revealed to keep the person being hurt safe, was given a punishment of 20 years in jail a month ago.
According to The Namibian, the defense lawyer, Linus Samaria, tried to argue for a shorter prison sentence by saying that the girls did not have any physical injuries from the rape.
Their mother told them how one of their sisters got pregnant and left school. It’s not known if the attacks had anything to do with the pregnancy.
She said that she had to take out one of her children from their current school and enroll them in a different school in another part of the country. This is because the other kids at the school would make fun of her child, saying that she slept with her father.
The prosecutor, Eric Naikaku, said that the person who is accused had power and a strong relationship of trust with the victims, and they used that to their advantage.
The father has already been in prison for eight years and 10 months while waiting for his trial to finish.
Judge Frans Anderson said: “We need to remember that society’s and the victims’ needs are more important than the accused person’s personal needs. ”
This means we need to give a strict punishment that will discourage people from doing bad things, but we also want to help the person become better and change their behavior.
‘The accused can only be sentenced to direct imprisonment. ‘
The father got 15 years in prison for two rape charges. However, 10 years from one charge will be served at the same time as the other.
He was found not guilty of a third accusation of rape.
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