Mpumalanga rape accused in court
2013-03-08 14:15
Johannesburg - A man accused of raping his daughter for
12 years appeared in the Nelspruit Regional Court on Friday.
Magistrate Willie Wilkins postponed the matter to 3 April
so the man could appoint new legal representatives after his lawyer withdrew.
"I have consulted with my wife and she told me she
was busy organising me another attorney," said the 53-year-old man from
Kanyamazane, near White River in Mpumalanga.
He also refused to have an interpreter, stating he would
testify in English.
The man has not yet been asked to plead.
He allegedly raped his daughter, now 23 years old, from the
age of 11, impregnating her three times since 2001 and forcing her to terminate
the pregnancies.
The man, who also has two sons and is a taxi owner, was
arrested in March last year.
- SAPA
