Father charged for alleged rape of 13yr old daughter

By fijivillage.com

29/08/2011

A father allegedly charged for raping his daughter appeared before Suva High Court Judge Justice Salesi Temo.

The 60 year old man has pleaded guilty to four counts of rape.

The incident happened in 2006 and last year while his daughter was 13 years old.

The case has been adjourned to 1st September 11am for prosecution to file and serve mitigation sentence submission.

Story by: Filipe Naikaso

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