Man gets 18 years for raping his teenage girlfriend

The teenager's parents had asked him to stop seeing their daughter, but he continued the relationship and had sex with her.

A 28-year-old man has been jailed for 18 years by the KwaDukuza Regional Court for the statutory rape of a teenager, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Tuesday.

He was sentenced on Monday for raping his 14-year-old girlfriend, said Captain Thulani Zwane.

The teenager's parents had asked him to stop seeing their daughter, but he continued the relationship and had sex with her.

The parents opened a case and he was arrested and charged with statutory rape, said Zwane.

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