A 15-year-old girl has raised the alarm after her 34-year-old stepfather allegedly forced her to watch porn videos while he gagged and raped her.
The Wesbank man, who cannot be identified in order to protect the identity of the victim, made his second appearance at the Blue Downs Magistrates’ Court this week where is facing a charge of rape.
He is expected to be back in court on 17 March for a formal bail application.
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The teen’s mother says the alleged sex attacks came to light in December 2019, when her cousin came to tell her about a prophecy.
“She said God is showing her that he is busy with unholy things inside this house, that my husband is watching blou films,” she said.
A few days later, she started questioning her teen daughters from a previous relationship, aged 13 and 15, whether they had been “touched” by their stepfather.
The couple have three more children together.
She says the 15-year-old girl broke down, saying the man had been forcing her to watch porn with him while her mother slept.
“She began to cry and said ‘hy maak ougat met my’,” explains the mom.
“She said while I lay sleeping at night he would come into her room and drag her to the front room where the television is.
“He would tell her, you are my wife, and she said no, why does daddy want to do this with me, your wife is inside.
“Then he’d tell I’m not his wife and grab her.
“He often watched movies late at night. He would drag her in there and pull down her pants and she would pull it back up.
“She said he’d take his T-shirt and stuff it into her mouth so she cannot scream and raped her.
“It happened over and over. He would often give her R20 pocket money and I didn’t realise what he was doing to my child.”
The girl's mother says her husband would drag the teen out of bed at night. Video: Genevieve Serra
The teen tells the Daily Voice she kept this from her mother because her stepfather had threatened her: “He said if I tell anyone, he would kill me.
“That is why I want him to stay behind bars, because if he comes out, I will kill him myself.”