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  "id": 12851353,
  "title": "Durban uncle sentenced to life for repeatedly raping niece (9) in Merebank",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/durban-uncle-sentenced-to-life-for-repeatedly-raping-niece-9-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/thepost/news/2026-10-08-durban-uncle-sentenced-to-life-for-repeatedly-raping-niece-9-in-merebank/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A 39-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of repeatedly raping his niece in Durban between 2020 and 2023.",
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        "title": "Durban uncle sentenced to life for repeatedly raping niece",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/durban-uncle-sentenced-to-life-for-repeatedly-raping-niece",
        "published": "2026-10-08T09:36:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}