An Eastern Cape man has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Peddie Regional Court for raping his eight-year-old son.
The 54-year-old man was also convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment for assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm.
The rapist cannot be named to protect the victim.
The man lived in Mgababa village in Peddie with his son.
The court heard on May 31, 2023, the young boy was coming home from school and his father instructed him to collect wood nearby. Upon his return, his father chained him to a pole inside the house and raped him.
