Convicted rapist Nicholas Ninow says he was 13 when he started using drugs and that he has been on anti-depression medication for most of his life.
He testified in mitigation of sentence in the Pretoria High Court today.
Ninow was found guilty of raping a seven-year-old girl in the toilet cubicle of a Dros restaurant in the capital last year.
Ninow says he remembers walking into the women’s bathroom of the restaurant to use drugs, but everything else is a blur.