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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>A Qacha\u2019s Nek woman who \u2018looked aside\u2019 as her husband repeatedly raped their minor daughter has been slapped with a 10-year jail sentence. The husband, who had fled to South Africa after he was caught red-handed by villagers, however handed himself to the police after his wife was arrested.<\/p>\n

The husband was this week bizarrely granted bail by resident magistrate, \u2019Mampho Mokoena, on the basis that he was the breadwinner. The husband will now have to take care of the same teenage girl he allegedly raped and other minor children.<\/p>\n

The husband, whose identity we have kept confidential to protect the 15-year-old daughter, has been sexually abusing the girl over a long time, the court heard.<\/p>\n

He only came back home after his 42-year-old wife was arrested and charged over the minor\u2019s rape. The husband surrendered to the Qacha\u2019s Nek police. The court heard that on March 11 this year, the girl went to school to celebrate Moshoeshoe\u2019s Day and on her way back home she was accompanied by her boyfriend.<\/p>\n

When the jealous father saw the two, he chased the boy away and dragged his daughter into the nearby bushes and raped her. Villagers caught the father red-handed but he fled the scene and went to South Africa.<\/p>\n

The matter was then reported to the police. The court heard that when the police grilled the mother, she confessed that she knew that her husband had been abusing their daughter for some time.<\/p>\n

Asked why she did not report the crime to the chief, the police or any authority she answered that she was afraid of losing her financial support. \u201cI knew that this was always happening and I never reported this because no one would work for me,\u201d the mother told Magistrate Mokoena in court last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was afraid that he would be arrested and sent to prison,\u201d she said. Magistrate Mokoena also found the father guilty as charged but reserved sentencing pending the next appearance.<\/p>\n

She granted the man bail after he pleaded with him saying he had to take care of the family, including the child he raped. A local clinical social worker, \u2019Malefa Semakele, said women have a tendency of ignoring the fact that their children are being sexually assaulted by their partners.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey lack parenting skills,\u201d Semakele told thepost.<\/p>\n

\u201cParents have to be responsible for everything that happens to their children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Semakele said the other reason is that some women, when they are not financially stable, depend too much on men \u201cand they can do anything to stay on the good side of men\u201d.<\/p>\n

She also said that people tend to use marriage to escape poverty and \u201cas a result children are the ones who suffer if things don\u2019t really go as expected\u201d.<\/p>\n

Dr Ts\u030cepang Majara, a local psychologist, said this happens to many women because they believe that \u201cmen are providers so women are afraid to voice out their concerns for fear that men will stop providing them with life\u2019s necessities\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome women live with fear in their own homes,\u201d Dr Majara said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat makes them to turn a blind eye on matters affecting them and their children,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. A Qacha\u2019s Nek woman who \u2018looked aside\u2019 as her husband repeatedly raped their minor daughter has been slapped with a 10-year jail sentence. The husband, who had fled to South Africa after he was caught red-handed by villagers, however handed himself to the police after his wife was arrested. 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