Benoni father pleads guilty to 426 counts related to abuse of children, child pornography
These offences took place in their home when the mother of the children was at work and the children were left in his care.
A 41-year-old father pleaded guilty to more than 400 charges related to rape and child pornography in the Gauteng High Court on February 16.
The proceedings took place recently at a sitting of the Pretoria High Court.
He was found guilty on two counts of using a child for child pornography, three counts of the creation or production of child pornography, 407 counts of possession of child pornography, two counts of rape, two counts of attempted compelled rape and two counts of sexual assault.
Other charges include compelled rape, compelled sexual assault, exposure or display of child pornography to children, two counts of compelling or causing a child to witness sexual assault and two counts of compelling or causing a child to witness sexual masturbation.
Lumka Mahanjana, spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), said the father committed these offences against his two stepsons and his daughter between 2012 and 2021.
“At the time of the incidences, the boys were aged between six and 14 years and the daughter was seven months old. This continued until she was eight years old,” said Mahanjana.
“These offences took place in their home when the mother of the children was at work and the children were left in his care.”
According to Mahanjana, when at work the father would often ask the minor boys to take pictures of their sister’s private parts and send these to him for his pleasure.
“In his plea statement, he admitted to raping the boys ‘a couple of times’ and compelling them to rape their sister or perform sexual acts on each other while he watched or make them watch while he performed sexual acts on one of them.
“The father also pleaded guilty to attempting to rape his minor daughter on a few occasions, but he said he failed to do so.”
Mahanjana said the judge said he was satisfied that the accused pleaded guilty freely and asked that the names of the children and the father not be published to protect the children.
The father was arrested earlier this month after one of the children confided in a family member and the matter was reported to the police.
The other two children then later opened up about their experiences.
The father has been in custody since his arrest. The case has been postponed to April 7 for sentencing.
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