OVER a period of close to 10 years, a man first repeatedly raped his stepdaughters, then continued to brainwash them into having consensual sex with him.

The man treated the sisters as his sex slaves, manipulating them first with a supposed 'beauty ritual', and later with threats of exposure.

His offences came to light only last June, when the sisters' mother inadvertently discovered that her older daughter had had an abortion in August 2007.

Upon discussing the situation with her younger daughter, the mother found out about the persistent sexual abuse. The 42-year-old woman reported her husband to the police, and the man was arrested the next day.

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