A Duncan Village teenager yesterday told a court how she could not breathe and wet herself as she was being choked by a man she regarded as her father before he raped her.
The teen cannot be named because she is a victim of sexual assault and because she is underage.
The accused, 44, also cannot be named as it may indirectly identify the girl because of his relationship with her mother.
It is the state’s case the girl was home alone at the time of the rape.
Even though the accused was no longer seeing the mother, he was known to the girl and she let him into the house.
He allegedly told her to undress so he could take her measurements because he wanted to buy her Christmas clothes.
He allegedly tied her up after the rape and he left. After the rape the girl’s brother came home and she told him and neighbours.
The accused was arrested almost a year later. He has pleaded not guilty.
Yesterday she testified in the East London High Court in a private room with the use of an intermediary about the horror of that October 25 2014 day. She was 12 years old at the time.
“I took him as father as he was in a relationship with my mother.
“When he told me to undress so he could take my measurements with a twine I did not think anything of it,” she said.
She said he made her lie on top of a bed to measure her lower body and he became aggressive when she refused to take her panties off.
“I was crying. He was choking me and I tried to scream but my voice was not coming out. I could not breathe,” she testified.
A doctor who examined her the same day has said there were injuries “suggestive of vaginal penetration”.
When he took the stand yesterday afternoon, the accused denied raping the young girl.
He said the allegation was a conspiracy by the mother because she was unhappy that he had ended their relationship.
He testified that she sent him an SMS threatening him after they broke up.
Under cross-examination by state advocate Nickie Turner, the accused asked how it was possible that the girl did not bleed after having sexual intercourse with a grown man his age.
Turner replied that he did not have a medical qualification to make such statements.
The trial resumes today.
Teen tells court she was choked and then raped
The teen cannot be named because she is a victim of sexual assault and because she is underage.
The accused, 44, also cannot be named as it may indirectly identify the girl because of his relationship with her mother.
It is the state’s case the girl was home alone at the time of the rape.
Even though the accused was no longer seeing the mother, he was known to the girl and she let him into the house.
He allegedly told her to undress so he could take her measurements because he wanted to buy her Christmas clothes.
He allegedly tied her up after the rape and he left. After the rape the girl’s brother came home and she told him and neighbours.
The accused was arrested almost a year later. He has pleaded not guilty.
Yesterday she testified in the East London High Court in a private room with the use of an intermediary about the horror of that October 25 2014 day. She was 12 years old at the time.
“I took him as father as he was in a relationship with my mother.
“When he told me to undress so he could take my measurements with a twine I did not think anything of it,” she said.
She said he made her lie on top of a bed to measure her lower body and he became aggressive when she refused to take her panties off.
“I was crying. He was choking me and I tried to scream but my voice was not coming out. I could not breathe,” she testified.
A doctor who examined her the same day has said there were injuries “suggestive of vaginal penetration”.
When he took the stand yesterday afternoon, the accused denied raping the young girl.
He said the allegation was a conspiracy by the mother because she was unhappy that he had ended their relationship.
He testified that she sent him an SMS threatening him after they broke up.
Under cross-examination by state advocate Nickie Turner, the accused asked how it was possible that the girl did not bleed after having sexual intercourse with a grown man his age.
Turner replied that he did not have a medical qualification to make such statements.
The trial resumes today.
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