A man in South Africa will spend the rest of his life behind bars for allegedly raping a nine year old girl.

It is understood that Obert Nyathi did the act while knowing that he is HIV positive therefore infected his victim.

In court, the 32-year-old pleaded guilty. The court heard he knew about his HIV status two years before he raped the little girl without use of a condom.

The rape apparently happened in June 2017 when the little girl went into the bush to relieve herself. The court heard Nyathi approached the girl, undressed and raped her before giving her R200 to not talk about what happened.

But the victim’s aunt noticed the little girl couldn’t sit properly. That’s when she told her what happened.

Prosecutor advocate Matume Maake told the court: “We plead the man be sentenced to direct imprisonment and his name should be written in sexual offenders register.”