A 58-year-old man has been sentenced to 17 years and 9 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to 13 counts of rape involving three young girls who were close relatives under his care. The sentence was handed down by the High Court in Suva after the court found that the offences occurred over an extended period between 2024 and 2025 while the children were living in the same household as the offender.The court heard that the victims, who were aged between seven and 13 years old at the time, were biological sisters and regarded the offender as a trusted father figure.The…
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