{"id":20557,"date":"2013-06-20T16:38:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T14:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/dad-freed-10-years-after-false-rape-claim\/"},"modified":"2013-06-20T16:38:01","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T14:38:01","slug":"dad-freed-10-years-after-false-rape-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/dad-freed-10-years-after-false-rape-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad freed 10 years after false rape claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \t                                <!-- Main Editorial Image --><br \/>\n                    \t\t\t      \t\t\t                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/878b3_331878401.jpg\" alt=\"false rape claims 2\" title=\"\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions_credit_article\">Independent Newspapers<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">Pinky Dube burst into tears as her father is released from Westville prison. Picture: Gcina Ndwalane<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p class=\"related_articles\">Related Stories<\/p>\n<ul class=\"menu_tab_lists_related\">\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/news\/crime-courts\/false-rape-claim-keeps-dad-jailed-for-10yrs-1.1533749\">False rape claim keeps dad jailed for 10yrs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--PSTYLE=WT Web Text--><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Durban &#8211; A father who spent 10 years behind bars after being accused of rape by his eight-year-old daughter was released from Westville Prison on Wednesday after his daughter admitted she had lied. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Cedric Shezi, 41, said he forgave his daughter, Pinky Dube, who owned up three years ago when the lie became too much to bear. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cShe was very young at the time and she did what her mother told her,\u201d Shezi said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Dube claimed her mother, who died in 2007, coached her to lie to have her father sent to prison. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cI am glad the truth is out. I was in jail for a long time and life was extremely hard. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cThe courts do not do people any justice &#8211; a lot of people are in jail, serving time for crimes they did not commit. <\/p>\n<p>                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/13e3c_2611846280.jpg\" class=\"pics\" alt=\"false rape claims dad\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">Cedric Shezi, who 10 years ago was falsely accused by his daughter, Pinky Dube, of rape, gives her a hug after his release from Westville Prison. Dube said she was told to make the claims by her late mother who wanted Shezi arrested. Picture: Bongani Mbatha<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\"><span class=\"captions_credit\">Independent Newspapers<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cI was harassed in jail. I had to join gangs in order to survive.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Shezi was given a life sentence of 20 years but always maintained his innocence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">On Wednesday Dube, 18, said she was haunted by her testimony and had eventually told her teachers and social workers what she had done. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The Justice for Prisoners and Detainees Trust, which acted for Shezi, had a Supreme Court of Appeal recently grant him leave to have his conviction and sentence reviewed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">He is out on R1 000 bail pending the review. His scheduled release from prison last week was delayed when a court clerk issued the wrong documents. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">On Wednesday, Shezi was dropped off at a petrol station by a Correctional Services car. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">His relatives and friends hugged and kissed, but he became emotional when he saw his daughter, and the two shared an awkward hug. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cI am not even sure how to rebuild my life,\u201d he said as he kissed his two-year-old grandson, Sibusiso. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">When asked if she had anything to say to her father, Dube replied: \u201cI am glad to see him. I hope he forgives me.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">She burst into tears and a relative took her away. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Shezi\u2019s attorney, Lindokuhle Mdletshe, said they were planning a lawsuit against the State. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\"><strong>The Mercury<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent Newspapers Pinky Dube burst into tears as her father is released from Westville prison. Picture: Gcina Ndwalane Related Stories False rape claim keeps dad jailed for 10yrs Durban &#8211; A father who spent 10 years behind bars after being accused of rape by his eight-year-old daughter was released from Westville Prison on Wednesday after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[8275,953,2143],"class_list":{"0":"post-20557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-durban","8":"tag-newspaper","9":"tag-the-mercury","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}