South Africans are outraged after a 58-year-old man appeared in court for the brutal rape of a one-year-old baby girl, who happens to be his granddaughter.
The man, who has not been named as yet, appeared in the Johannesburg Central Magistrate's Court, facing charges of rape and attempted murder.
The attempted murder charges were added after it was confirmed that the 58-year-old is HIV-positive.
Speaking to eNCA about the incident, the mother of the one-year-old explained what happened. She said that she had left the child to sleep at the house, where her father was, and had gone to end-of-year celebrations.
Continue readingWhen she returned and checked on her daughter, she found the little girl's face was bruised, and there was blood on the pillow. When she questioned her father about it, he claimed that the baby fell off the bed.
The emotional mother further explained that she then picked up her daughter, who was crying, and when she wanted to change her nappy, she realised the true horror of the situation.
Struggling to speak through the tears, she said that her daughter's private parts were bruised, and it was then that she rushed the child to a clinic in Claremont.
The child's shattered mother and an enraged Claremont community are demanding swift justice for a crime that has left deep, unhealed scars.
The community warns that if the system fails, they are prepared to take matters into their own hands.
