A 73-year-old man of Ba has been sentenced to 8 years in jail for raping a woman on 31st December, 2013.
Lautoka High Court Judge Justice Aruna Aluthge said that the man exploited the woman while she was staying in his house with her family as her husband was employed as a laborer.
Justice Aluthge said that the man threatened her with strangulation and he was not sensitive to the fact that the complainant’s daughters were inside the house when he was committing the offence.
The matter was reported by the complainant’s husband.
The man can apply for parole after five years.
