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.

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.”