Man sentenced to life in prison for raping 8-year-old granddaughter

A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping his 8-year-old grand-daughter in Kadavu in July, 2019.

While sentencing the man, High Court Judge, Justice Salesi Temo says rape of children is becoming prevalent in our society, despite the heavy prison sentence passed by the courts for the offence.

Justice Temo said that court will continue to pass heavy prison sentences for rape of children as a warning to others.

He also said that sexual attacks on children are in fact an attack on the future and well-being of this country because children are the future of this country.

The Judge said that to protect the children of this country, time has come to impose maximum sentence available in law to deter people from committing the offence.

He said that it is especially so in this case as it involved a premeditated attack on an 8-year-old unsuspecting child and the extreme violence used was uncalled for.

The man can apply for parole after serving 20 years in prison.